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If you have core values issues, you have compatibility issues by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex A few months back while creating a class for one of my courses, I decided to conduct an experiment on me and note what I used to look for i ... Read on »
Your Frustrations With Others Provides Insight Into Where You May Need To Adapt by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Just as our relationships provide a window into understanding what we need including where we need to step up for ourselves, our gripes, ... Read on »
If You’re Going To Argue or Tell Someone About Themselves, Don’t Do It By Text or Email by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I have a few rules for myself that keep me out of a lot of trouble, even though some days my last nerve is being worn down and I want to l ... Read on »
I want to be liked but I don’t want to be liked THAT much: Why you’re just not THAT... by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Everybody wants to be liked. We can’t help it and it’s normal. We all want acceptance and fear rejection. How much we want and fear these ... Read on »
Finding the Willpower To Stick With a Decision To Change When You Feel Exhausted From... by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Recently a friend who is going through a breakup and trying to do No Contact (NC) vented her frustrations about how exhausting she is fin ... Read on »
Why Is It So Hard To Learn To Like You When You’ve Liked & Even Loved Others? by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex One of the most frequent questions I’m asked is, “ But how do I learn to like myself? Where do I even start?” There’s one particular re ... Read on »
Why You’ve Got To Minimise Comparison To Improve Your Self-Esteem by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex There’s a lot of people that I could compare myself to, but I don’t, or at least I try to keep it to a minimum and I’m very conscious of wh ... Read on »
Self-Esteem: It’s Not All About Your Childhood – It’s About How *You* Feel About... by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I talk to a lot of people who feel daunted by the prospect of improving their self-esteem or making changes to their habits because they th ... Read on »
“Why aren’t I enough… for your crumbs?” When you wonder why you... by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex The difficultly with compromising ourselves in order to have a ‘some crumbs relationship’ rather than ‘no crumbs at all’, is that when the ... Read on »
The Trouble With Lying & Cheating (Why you need to stick to a low BS diet) by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex The trouble with lying and deceiving is that aside from putting forward a deliberately false statement and seeking to gain an advantage or ... Read on »
Your Relationships Provide a Window Into Understanding What You *Need* by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex If you want to get a good sense of what your needs are, take a good look at the company you keep in your relationships. While you can do th ... Read on »
Just Because Someone Says Something, It Doesn’t Make It So (Don’t let them use BS to... by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex During my childhood, my mother spouted off a number of ‘amusing’ sayings including “Those who can’t hear will feel”, “Don’t fly past your r ... Read on »
Beyond The Regret Hangover – Thoughts On Letting Go by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Following on from my last post on regret hangovers , I wanted to share some thoughts on letting go because many people convince themselves ... Read on »
“I Wish I’d Done Things Differently!” – Getting Over The Regret Hangover by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex After the struggles with December, I hear from lots of people who struggle with the ‘freshness’ of January. It’s the sense of no longer be ... Read on »
Boundaries: Stop Asking For Permission! by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex One of the biggest concerns that people who are ‘boundary averse’ have, is this fear of the potential for conflict to arise. They bust the ... Read on »
The Quality of Our Relationships *Matter*. Forget Forced, Go Organic by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex The quality of our relationships romantic and otherwise matter. A lot of the issues that we come up against when we struggle with dati ... Read on »
Happy New Year by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex Wishing you all a very happy new year! I had planned to do a video and write a longer message but I’m laid up with the worst flu I’ve had for ... Read on »
Is It Time For You To Go On a People Pleasing Diet? Time To Make Way For Being You by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex    I’ve talked a lot about the importance of being yourself. In fact, “Be me” is one of my personal commandments that I strive to live by b ... Read on »
Merry Christmas / Happy Holidays! by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex I just wanted to stop by and wish you all a very merry Christmas / happy Holidays! I’m going to chill out for a few days with my family and ... Read on »
Give Yourself The Gift of Self-Compassion: Stop Judging You & The Rejection Will Subside by NML Patient Expert Posted in: Blog Posts in Relationships & Sex A few months back when I began to come to terms with the f allout with my father after my wedding , someone told me that raking over and re ... Read on »