Relationships

If you only hold a pen to scrawl out your shopping list and the contents of your letterbox are solely bills, you’re not alone. While these days most of us communicate mainly through social media, email and text, fortunately the art of letter writing is not lost. Time to put pen to paper.

A triad of roles — the Persecutor, the Rescuer and the Victim — dominate many human interactions. Identify which role you follow and discover how to change your archetypal dynamic.

Unhealthy, toxic relationships can cause you real emotional and physical harm. So it’s time to detox those relationships that are getting you down.

Whatever circumstance or behaviour led you to feel it, guilt is an emotion that needs to be dealt with in order to leave the past where it belongs.

Our sense of loneliness is increasing in the developed world, with negative repercussions for our mental, physical, social and economic wellbeing. Given we no longer live in villages, nor can we turn back the clock, what can we do to restore our lost communities?

Finances can stir up an array of tension when love is thrown in the mix. Find out how to manage the money matters in your relationship with ease.

Protectors of our past and keepers of family traditions, grandparents play a vital role in families. By sharing unconditional love, kindness, compassion and comfort, the relationship between grandparent and grandchild can be caring, nurturing and nourishing for the whole family.

Loving, intentional touch does more than de-stress. It’s imperative to one’s emotional and cognitive growth and, in the early stages of life, one’s very survival.

It’s time for teen spirit. If you want to connect with your teenager and guide them through their next chapter of life with ease, conscious parenting is key, say experts.

A strong support network is integral to your health and wellbeing. These people are likeminded souls who accept, support and love you exactly as you are. Yet to meet them? Here’s how to find your tribe.

Children tend to be friends with those kids who have a similar local accent as they have.

Laughter plays an important role in romantic relationships and can affect relationship satisfaction and sexuality.