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When somebody says one thing, does another, thinks something else by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex It’s understandable to feel very perplexed when somebody says one thing and does another. It’s all the more confusing when they literally ... Read on »

But Seriously, How Long Is This Going To Take? – An excerpt from The No Contact Rule (2nd... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex In an excerpt from The No Contact Rule (2nd edition) which has just come out (Kindle available tomorrow 11th June and print on 17th June) ... Read on »

Don’t build your self-esteem ‘house’ from straw or sticks by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex We were reading one of the kids favourite fairy tales a couple of nights ago, The Three Little Pigs, and it occurred to me that the way t ... Read on »

Sometimes you’ve got to treat nostalgia like a guest that’s in danger of overstaying... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Regardless of the experiences you may have with somebody, nostalgia may be catching you off guard. It’s that sentimental longing or wistf ... Read on »

Is it love? Or is it glorification? Stop pumping them up & take down that pedestal! by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex When your interest isn’t reciprocated or a relationship ends, how much it hurts and whether you feel broken as a person is very much tied ... Read on »

Criticism isn’t the same as rejection. Yes, really. by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Conflict and criticism (‘c-situations) are something that most people struggle with to some degree and when you’re already judging you ... Read on »

Under pressure! When someone claims that they’re being pressured by you & how to deal with... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex In the last post, I shared the story of how my friend had been dating a guy and had wanted to take it slow but had changed her mind about ... Read on »

Don’t change your mind about being yourself on a whim of chasing potential by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Recently I had a few lengthy conversations with a close friend about the guy she’d been on three dates with, where my bottom line message ... Read on »

Being mistreated isn’t ‘evidence’ that you’ve done something... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex A close friend spent almost a year going through a really difficult legal experience. It was the type of situation where the other party ... Read on »

It’s OK to want different things. It doesn’t make you ‘wrong’! by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex When you’re in a relationship where you have conflicting values, it’s likely that it’s going to end because ultimately you both want diff ... Read on »

Since when did personal space become such a ‘bad’ thing? It’s OK to need some... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex When people share their stories of their struggle to ‘snap back’ to the way things were after something has happened and the seeming pres ... Read on »

Sometimes a discussion doesn’t cut it. Stop discussing, get to FLUSHING! by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex There are many situations and topics in life that you can have discussions about, but when it comes to the recognition of shady behaviour ... Read on »

When are you going to stop punishing you and allow you to move on? by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex When you consider the amount of time that some of us have spent judging and punishing ourselves for a mistake or ‘wrongdoing’ on our part ... Read on »

The People Pleasing Diet – Why you’ve got to give up trying to please The Unpleasables by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex It’s painful when the realisation hits you, that when it comes to a certain someone or even certain people in your life, nothing, and I d ... Read on »

About ‘going with the flow’ by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I’ve been on a few trips with people where one or both of us have suggested that we ‘go with the flow’ instead of making firm plans. I fo ... Read on »

If someone has truly changed, there’s growth and a change in their habits by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Over the years of writing BR, I’ve covered the issue of what to consider when someone is saying that they’ve changed and like all subject ... Read on »

You’re not going to crazy-make me! Why I won’t be making sense out of nonsense and you... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I’ve very recently had the highly disconcerting experience of someone pulling a ‘switcheroo’ in a situation where they were in the wrong, ... Read on »

Choices – we’ve all got to make them so why give you a hard time for not living a... by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Sometimes we don’t realise what a hard time we give ourselves for just being us and making the decisions that we need to. We expect the t ... Read on »

Saying NO doesn’t mean that you’re screwing someone over by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Each day I hear from people who agonise over ‘tricky’ decisions such as: Should I accept the offer of being in a casual relationship ... Read on »

Do we really need to keep screwing around with friendship? by NML Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Sometimes I catch myself when I’m about to describe someone as a friend when they’re more of an acquaintance or near close to being a str ... Read on »

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