MATTERS OF THE HEART

Moving in with your significant other is a big step in a relationship and it’s more than okay to be scared. So much is left to question – will he…

After several years of watching countless relationships both prosper and deteriorate, I’ve found that contrary to popular belief there are several ways to speak love, give love and feel love.…

People like being recognised for looking good. We put time and effort into our outfits and makeup, so of course we want someone to notice even if it’s just a…

With minimalism in mind when it comes to living simply to improve our quality of life, what would happen if we applied these values to our relationships?

In every breakup there’s a hero and a villain, but what if you’re both? However, where there’s bad there is good…

I’ve left myself out of the dating game a little too long. The longer I leave it the more impossible it seems to re-ignite this part of my life.

Whatever your coping methods may be, it’s a terrible time, but believe it or not, every breakup has an upside. A breakup can be a truly constructive experience and often, a turning point in a young person’s life.

While the notion of a “nuclear family” may have once been the norm, today families come in all shapes and sizes. From divorce and remarriage to same-sex and transgender members, the once limiting descriptor of a family has since been replace with something far more well-rounded.

Someone once told me that when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of changing. You will change. It will be inevitable because you just can’t take it anymore. You can’t be stuck and hurting forever.

A friend is someone you can rely on and care for and someone who will do the same for you. How do you know that you trust someone enough to really use the label friend to it’s full extent?

My dad has been tucked away in his old office filing cabinet for the last 4 years now. My mum hasn’t been able to bring herself to scatter his ashes for all this time, and so there he is kept, in a labelled plastic bag on top of his old tax return slips. Except, I don’t think of him as being in there at all.

Love tank? It’s the idea that your heart is this empty tank that you can fill with love from different sources. It’s not the idea of being empty that’s the centre of this. It’s more about finding those sources that you can expect to pour into your tank whenever you feel lacking.

For about two years now, I’ve been in a long distance relationship. My boyfriend lives 13,875 km away from me, three continents…

It is excruciating to feel so incomplete all the time. Like suddenly, you’ve lost a part of your leg and now you have this unforgiving limp. But if I’m being completely honest, I think every relationship needs to experience long distance at least once.

Being in a long distance relationship may seem like a lot of work, but here I will share with you these five keys that I guarantee will keep the sparkle shining.