Breaking up and heart break… Why Did They Leave Us? 13 Jan 2020 They’ve gone – and what we need most of all to understand is why? What is striking is that, despite what friends and well-meaning acquaintances tell us, we already know.…
Breaking up and heart break… A Guide to Breaking Up 12 Jan 2020 Normally, the message has been clear in our heads for a very long time. The difficulty isn’t so much finding the words; it’s coming to terms with the notion that…
Breaking up and heart break… How to Reject Someone Kindly? 12 Jan 202012 Jan 2020 It is never easy to be rejected but it’s arguably a great deal worse to have to reject; the pains of unrequited love are as nothing next to the agonies…
Breaking up and heart break… What About the Children When Divorce is on the Cards? 11 Jan 202011 Jan 2020 For most of human history, people didn’t stay in relationships for love. They stayed in them in order to protect their assets, ensure their status, pool their resources, synchronise farming…
Breaking up and heart break… Are My Expectations Too High? 10 Jan 2020 When we contemplate leaving a relationship, it is usually because – in the privacy of our hearts – we harbour expectations of being able to meet another, and in key…
Breaking up and heart break… The Fear of Ending a Relationship 8 Jan 20208 Jan 2020 Let us imagine that we know what we want – to leave a relationship – but that we are suffering from a problem which inhibits us from acting on our…
Breaking up and heart break… 10 Ideas for People Afraid to Exit a Relationship 8 Jan 2020 1. You are, to a far greater extent than you perhaps realise, already alone. The condition you fear will happen has already happened. To be formally alone would merely mean…