Enmeshed families are are inflexibly close, overinvolved in each other's lives, with hardly any boundaries between family members, lack of a

There comes a time in a man's life when he looks around and realizes he's made a mess of everything. He's dug a hole for himself so deep...

Emotional attunement or mirroring is the ability to recognise, understand and engage with another's emotional state. In intimate...

Having healthy personal boundaries allows us to get close to other people in relationships whilst staying protected from emotionally...

Steven Carter with co-author Julia Sokol has written much about a condition called commitment phobia. Commitment phobia is the inability...

Gaslighting is a term that is being used in the media much more frequently. It is used to describe a form of emotional manipulation that...

Tony Robbins is a best selling author, entrepreneur and life coach. He helps people become successful in business, life and...

People with a secure attachment style make up around 50% of the population. A relationship with at least one securely attached partner is...

Fear of abandonment develops in childhood and is the result of a parent (or caregiver) leaving you physically or emotionally at some...

Love bombing is the hyper-pursuit and showering of affection on a target person to effectively gain control of that person. It is a form of

The critical inner voice damages relationships by attacking self-confidence, insecurities and blaming partners as a type of faulty defense m

Fearful-avoidant attachment (also known as disorganized) is an insecure form of relationship attachment which affects around 7% of the...

People with anxious (also know as preoccupied-anxious) attachment style seek a high degree of closeness to romantic partners, and are...

Also known as the island, someone with dismissive-avoidant attachment style highly values self-sufficiency and independence. In...

Every relationship is going to encounter problems at some stage. However, completely solvable problems can lead to the gradual...

This toxic relationship pattern is driven by the fears of abandonment and intimacy, which lead to communication breakdown. People with...

In a relationship couples will continuously make bids for their partner's attention, support and affection. Difficulties arise when...

This Facebook post from recently divorced Gerald Rogers contains valuable advice that applies to both men and women in relationships. He...