Happy Couples Understand that Love is a Verb that Protects The Feeling. Here’s something I see almost daily in my work with couples: two good people, often together for decades, sitting across from me… both convinced they are giving love — and both feeling completely unseen. It’s not because they don’t care. It’s because they’ve forgotten how to love each other in a way that actually lands. This is where The 5 Love Languages, written decades ago by Gary Chapman, still earns i

If you’re in a FIFO relationship, you already know this isn’t your average love story. It’s a rhythm of departures and returns. Intense connection… followed by distance. Independence… followed by sudden togetherness again. And while many couples start strong, over time something begins to shift. Not always dramatically.Often quietly. A growing emotional distance.More misunderstandings.Less patience.More “we’re just not on the same page anymore.” I see this every week in my pr

It’s January, and the world is loudly insisting you become a “new you”. New gym. New diet. New calendar. New goals. And meanwhile, your relationship is doing what it often does after the festive season: limping into the new year with an invisible backpack full of old resentments, unsaid things, mismatched expectations, and that strange feeling of being in the same house but not quite on the same team. If any of that lands in your chest with a quiet “yep”… you’re not alone. I’

Relationship Education and Couples Coaching is Essential for All Bonds and Family Units to Flourish! If you’ve landed here, chances are your relationship isn’t feeling as good as it once did. You may still love each other deeply, yet feel stuck in the same arguments, emotional distance, or painful misunderstandings. As a couples counsellor in Perth, I want you to know this: struggling in your relationship does not mean you have failed. It means you are human, and that your re

I wrote this blog on "open relationships" as the highest searched term in Australia on Google, as far as "relationships" go! The content...

In the fast-paced world we live in, relationships often take a back seat to work, family obligations, and life’s endless...