Practical Relationship Advice
In these blogs, articles, & essays you will find practical relationship advice and insights on a wide range of relational challenges.
I write about my current & evolving thinking on different aspects of relationships and how they are changing, as well as sharing practical tools and tips that you can immediately implement.
Why Am I Attracted to Them? (And What Does It Say About Me?)
Let’s zoom out now and play with perspectives by considering your situation through different lenses. Viewing your experience of being attracted to someone else from new perspectives can reveal hidden aspects and provide valuable insights. This broader approach invites you to see your experience(s) in new ways, potentially bringing to light aspects that have been…
How to Stop Being Attracted (or Not—Let’s Unpack It)
Wondering what to do with your attraction to someone else (or how to stop being attracted?!) can leave you feeling stuck, spiralling, or torn. If you’re caught in that loop, you’re in the right place—this guide takes you from ‘fixing it’ to figuring it out.
Emotional Labour in Relationships: The Invisible Grind of Soothing, Shielding, and Showing Up
Emotional labour in relationships is the work it takes to manage emotions—your own and everyone else’s. This often means doing invisible work to keep others comfortable. This piece unpacks the patterns, pressures, and emotional fuckery that come with it.
Beyond Paranoia Questions: How to Work Through Friendship Anxiety and Build Real Connection
The popular game Paranoia Questions taps into the underlying tensions of friendship anxiety, surfacing hidden insecurities that lurk in our hearts. It can reveal fragility you didn’t even know was there. But what if, instead of quietly worrying, you could use those uncomfortable insights to build stronger, more secure friendships?
Explaining The NLP Communication Model: Insights and Issues
NLP stands for Neuro-Linguistic Programming, a method that has been widely discredited as a pseudoscience. Still, it remains a popular topic, with many people seeking explanations of its concepts and critiques of its effectiveness. Developed in the 1970s by Richard Bandler and John Grinder, NLP was inspired in an era where computer programming was an…
Ghosted By a Friend? Here’s What You Might Be Missing
Broken friendships often stem from unmet expectations or miscommunication, while feeling ghosted by a friend can create unnecessary distance. Learn practical tips to build flexibility, communicate effectively, and turn challenging relationships into resilient and meaningful connections. Friendships aren’t always effortless, and that’s okay! The strongest connections come from navigating differences, managing expectations, and embracing flexibility.
Understanding the 4 Attachment Styles: An Overview of Their Impact on Your Relationships
Tara Thomas and Kia Handley unpack the hot topic of attachment theory, and how our early relationships shape the way we connect with others. Attachment styles aren’t just a fad; they’re the blueprint of how we relate.
Cultivating Emotional Self Awareness: Tools for a More Insightful Life
Emotional self-awareness is the foundation of building your emotional intelligence (EQ). It means you can recognize, understand, and effectively respond to emotional information about yourself and those around you.
Emotional self-awareness is the key skill in EQ because having a solid grasp of your emotions underpins all the other aspects of emotional intelligence.
Unlocking Interoception: Mind-Body Exercises for Deeper Relationships
Cultural conditioning trains us to ignore the messages from our bodies, which fucks our self-confidence and compels us to look for answers outside ourselves. Rebuilding this connection is crucial for reclaiming our agency. This blog unpacks the role of interoception in relationships and introduces practical mind-body exercises designed to develop and deepen your emotional connections.
Dealing With Passive Aggressive Behaviour
Nothing is more frustrating than the low key buzz of passive aggressive behaviour. Like, did they really just fucking say that?! And what do I do now? Tara Thomas & Kia Handley talk about how to navigate the PAP (Passive Aggressive People). LOL. I just made that up.