I was reading about Jon Stewart’s decision to quit the Daily Show, the American satirical news program he has hosted for 16 years, as something closer to the end of a relationship. “It’s not like I thought the show wasn’t working any more, or that I didn’t know how to...
I was reading about Jon Stewart’s decision to quit the Daily Show, the American satirical news program that he has hosted for 16 years. It struck me that he could’ve been talking about the end of a relationship. He said: “It’s not like I thought the show wasn’t...
Couple therapy can do a lot at difficult times to help with insights into troubling situations. It offers an unbiased and creative space to clarify confused or tangled feelings and habits. But it is just 50 minutes a week. Clients sometimes seem surprised that the...
Q. How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb? A. None. They will just spend the time blaming each other for the failure of the dud one. As couple counsellors, we are often called upon to try and better understand the power struggle that erupts when...
Regardless of what your religious beliefs are, Easter can be seen as analogy for our relationships. Easter is the most important festival in the Christian calendar. Easter Sunday is the day that Jesus was said to come back to life after being crucified. At Easter,...
So what did you see in the viral phenomenon of that dress? For you was it blue and black or white and gold? Well I still don’t begin to understand why it was different for some people from others. I’ll leave the neuroscientists to puzzle that one out. And what is even...
