What makes you feel most loved? Words of Affirmation? Acts of Service? Receiving Gifts? Quality Time? Physical Touch? The way we express and receive love is unique to each person. In his book “The Five Love Languages®”, author Gary Chapman showcases this through the five emotional love languages mentioned above: Words, Acts, Gifts, Time, and […]
This is not a typical scene from Eastenders. Far from the Mitchell brothers having a bust up and Angie and Den yelling behind the bar at the Queen Vic (ok, it’s been a while since I watched it!) Familylife were aiming for scenes of couples respecting each other and listening to their partner’s point of […]
“Like a fuel boost. A Day Together has been a great additive to our marriage. A day to talk a bit deeper and reflect on where we are going with communication and purpose.” This is what we love to hear! Twenty six couples attended our recent A Day Together (ADT) event in Rochester, one of […]
‘…DON’T FIX IT.’ That’s received wisdom and makes perfect sense, for our back garden gate. It’s wonky and the latch no longer connects, but who cares? A handy cord keeps kids and dogs securely locked in. Most of the time. Applying the ‘don’t-fix’ rule to relationships seems to work okay. We rock along in the […]
Imagine you are in the middle of telling a story when suddenly the person you are talking to jumps in and starts telling their own story. Just like that. You didn’t even finish what you were going to say… Communication leap-frogging is a form of interrupting. And it’s very annoying for the person who […]
Alasdair and Olivia have been married for nearly 25 years. Having moved house twelve times in that time, they are now settled back in Cambridge learning to become city folk after living in the Fens for many years. After eight years of “subfertility”, they had just been approved for adoption when along came their very […]
Couples attending our Bournemouth A Day Together event recently were very positive, with 100% rating it as either ‘excellent’ or ‘good’. Here’s a selection of comments: “Absolutely fantastic! Honest, down to earth speakers with helpful discussion times too. We both go home encouraged.” “A day well spent even for the strongest of couples.” “Worth every […]
Woodhorn Colliery in Northumberland provided a very original venue for A Day Together recently. Coal was mined there until 1981, employing over 2,000 men producing 600,000 tons of coal a year. Today it’s a museum with many attractions and function rooms where 40 couples were engaged in an entirely different kind of work: strengthening their […]
Sounds like ridiculous psychobabble or perhaps an oblique reference to sexual relations doesn’t it? Actually I was inspired to use the term ‘conscious coupling’ by the Hollywood actress Gwyneth Paltrow and Coldplay singer Chris Martin who separated in 2014 explaining their decision as a conscious uncoupling. I’m not going to judge them because I have […]
Bill and Lynda have been married for over 30 years. They live in Cambridge and have two children Alex and Niamh, and have recently increased their family by introducing two rather large rescue dogs, which have made life very interesting. Lynda has an accounting back ground, and is also a qualified counsellor and family consultant spending her time juggling family, […]
