You Can’t Break Up With Your Family

Realising there is a problem versus accepting that there is a problem are, unfortunately, two very different things. Living with someone in active addiction will have you circling the five stages of grief more times than you can count. From my lived experience, you cannot help someone who firstly does not see that they have a problem, and secondly does not want to get help or change. Loving someone in active addiction can look like hiding cash in odd places, hoping that they ... Read more »
by Liso Donaldson | Published 1 month ago

By Mvusi Ngubane On Monday, May 6th, 2019

Five Considerations to Help You Decide Whether to Seek Family Counselling

Here’s a good question: Does family counselling actually work? While a range of factors contribute to its success, the simple and most factual answer is yes. Family counselling is proven to help people ov... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Monday, February 11th, 2019

Can a Couples Therapist Save Your Relationship or Marriage?

It is often said that all relationships go through ups and downs. Most people commit themselves to long-term relationships aware of this fact, hoping to experience more ups than downs in their romantic journeys... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Tuesday, February 5th, 2019

A Relationship Reality Check Before Valentine’s Day

Yet again, the arrival of February brings with it that sweet scent of love. It is in the air, so to speak, and right now you’re probably thinking that you and your special someone have a bond unlike any other... Read more »
By Mvusi Ngubane On Tuesday, January 15th, 2019

The Couples’ Guide to Relationship Success

They say that love is a game for fools and optimists. All over the world, Romeos and Juliets hand their hearts over with little regard for researched facts… and who can blame them? Logic becomes a distant ech... Read more »
By Staff Writer On Monday, January 7th, 2019

The Health Effects of Marriage

People get married for various reasons, without concerning themselves about any effect(s) marriage might have on their health and wellness. However, in order to be able to optimize our physical and mental healt... Read more »
By Alexander Poketvin On Wednesday, August 30th, 2017

2017’s Most Creative Date Ideas

Whenever you need to spice up your old relationship or impress someone on the first date, you need something unconventional. Although, there are people who enjoy conventional dates, in other words, typical havi... Read more »
By Ayanda On Friday, March 1st, 2013

Fight a Good Fight

I am no relationship guru, but I know what it feels like when fights drag your relationships – with your partners, siblings, colleagues, friends etc.-  to such a pit that all you can say to the other per... Read more »
By Liso Donaldson On Friday, January 18th, 2013

Let’s toast to our exes

I aspire to have a long term successful relationship with a Ryan Gosling meets Taye Diggs look alike. Unfortunately I have a tendency to date what RnB group TLC would refer to as Scrubs. However I’ve vowed in... Read more »
By Liso Donaldson On Friday, January 11th, 2013

Be my person

Cristina: “Be my person, Owen. Be my freakin’ person.” Owen: “Be my person.”- Grey’s Anatomy. There are some key things that I believe about relationships. They can either be awe... Read more »