By Gertrude: When we speak in terms of traumatic stress, often we first think of life and death situations. When we are grieving for a broken relationship, it is one of the most stressful times of our lives. Like the stages of grief, we experience stages when we are moving on from a relationship. It read more…
By Brenda: A breakup of a love relationship is traumatic. Seeing all your hopes of happily ever after dissolve leaves you adrift without the anchor of that person that you trusted your heart with. Reasons for the break up can be attributed to many things. Incompatibility, trust, timing, personal drama and so forth. It all read more…
By Brenda: New love and problematic relationships face their biggest challenges during the holiday season. Sometimes you may just wish for a pass during the month of December and the New Year. New relationships during the holidays are wrought with insecurity, pressure to perform and unrealistic expectations. People in new love relationships are filled with read more…
By Livia: When someone has had their heart broken, it can be difficult and even dangerous for them to become involved with someone else quickly. It is difficult to get involved with someone new when our energy is still blocked with someone from the past. I am a reader, but, I feel more of a read more…
By Adriana: In order to get through the pain of a relationship ending we have to fully accept what happened and then integrate it into the fabric of our lives. Understanding the meaning of the relationship and the break up than moving through it is a challenge, but it’s so important to integrate and not read more…
By Sarah: When a couple has been together for a while and day to day reality has set in and become boring, it may be hard for each individual to know who they really are. Often times there are heaps of arguments and the relationship becomes totally unsettled and often a break up occurs. In read more…
By Cheanne: How do you find peace and understanding after a divorce or break up of a long term relationship? Picking up the pieces of your life and finding a new path, with new dreams can be overwhelming when you are in the midst of grief. When I went through my own marriage breakdown, I read more…
