One thing going through a marriage separation has taught me, and many others who have gone through similar will agree, you really get to know who your true friends are when the chips are down! Moving through that discovery process for me, after a 15 year long term relationship came to an end and suddenly finding myself single and with ½ the friends I used to have has been a huge reality check for me and has made me do a lot of work on myself as well as look at my friendships with old, current and new friends in a whole different light!

Anger is a familiar emotion for many of us. Healthy anger tells us something is wrong – something painful or threatening that we must deal with. “It helps us protect ourselves, and lets us know when people are crossing our boundaries”, says Dr M. Chet Mirman (Ph.D.) as licensed clinical psychologist.Recognise those moments, forgive yourself by knowing on some level you have learnt from your mistakes or choices and that it’s all part of your emotional and spiritual growth.

How is the state of your relationship? Coming to the end of another year and beginning a New Year a lot of people start looking closely at their lives, their relationships and what makes them really happy. Being in a long term relationship isn’t always easy, it takes work. Before you decide your relationship isn’t working try these 5 tips to try and improve the quality of the relationship.