News Articles
- Jun 18 2025
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First Session - What to Expect
From the very first session, the intention is to give you a genuine experience of connection, a sense of hope, and a clear path forward.
First Session - What to Expect
- Dec 23 2024
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I want to be friends with you
As we get older, making new social connections can take a bit of courage and maintaining existing friendships takes time and effort.
I want to be friends with you
- Jul 16 2024
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What's Love Got to Do with My Garden?
Relationships need the warmth of attention as plants need the sun, and relationships need the negativity, criticism, and toxic behaviours to be removed as the garden needs to be weeded.
What's Love Got to Do with My Garden?
- Jul 08 2024
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Turning Pain into a Masterpiece
Many modern and historically famous artists have channeled their negative emotions and life struggles into their creative work, producing masterpieces that inspire and resonate with audiences.
Turning Pain into a Masterpiece
- Feb 06 2024
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Turtles & Tigers Navigating Relationship Dynamics
Within the Imago framework, we identify two archetypes: the Turtle, who withdraws and contains energy, and the Tiger, who expands energy by moving towards their partner.
Turtles & Tigers Navigating Relationship Dynamics
- Nov 29 2023
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Disconnected in a Connected World
In the age of technology, our lives are intricately woven with devices that promise constant connection. Yet, ironically, this digital tether often leads to a disconnection within our most intimate relationships.
Disconnected in a Connected World
- Aug 21 2023
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Unlocking the power of repair
The sign of a healthy relationship is not that you do not fight or have conflict but is about how quickly you repair the rupture.
Unlocking the power of repair
- Jul 27 2023
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Could your relationship do with a tune-up?
Tip no. 1: The Relationship needs to be your number one priority.
Could your relationship do with a tune-up?
- Jul 20 2023
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May 2023 Workshop
The workshop in May was a small intimate affair. Three couples, my assistant Kaz and myself spent an amazing weekend together in Coolangatta. There is something special about a small group, it seems to create an instant intimacy with each other and with the other attendees.
May 2023 Workshop
- Aug 04 2022
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May 2022 Workshop
On the last weekend in May, five couples gathered with a mixture of trepidation and excitement to experience for themselves a GTLYW workshop.
May 2022 Workshop
- May 14 2022
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Getting The Love You Want
I recall the couple who agreed to give the workshop a go before making the decision to separate or not. Their experience blew me away, their relationship completely turning around and reaching a level I don't believe either of them thought possible.
Getting The Love You Want
- Apr 05 2022
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- 5632 recent views
Heartbreak - the effect on your immune system
From ABC All in the Mind - Why do our hearts hurt so bad?
Heartbreak - the effect on your immune system
- Mar 04 2022
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Overcoming Negativity Bias
In our relationships it means that the twenty positive interactions you may have had that day with your partner can be wiped out by that one irritating thing they have done and that becomes all you can think about it.
Overcoming Negativity Bias
- Oct 15 2020
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Do you feel like your are walking on Eggshells?
I hear this phrase frequently in the therapy room and it's something I've personally experienced in my own relationships. Feeling like you are 'walking on eggshells' does not feel good and it is not how we want to feel in our relationships.
Do you feel like your are walking on Eggshells?
- Apr 28 2020
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Living with uncertainty
We simply do not like living with uncertainty, our need for control is upset in uncertain times. Dominant parenting and educational models work for the notion of certainty - the need for control.
Living with uncertainty
- Mar 09 2020
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Dealing with Passive Aggression
Passive Aggression - not the sole preserve of working environments either; it can take the shape of the sullen shop assistant, the stomping door slamming teenager or the surly spouse giving you the silent treatment after a row
Dealing with Passive Aggression
- Feb 26 2020
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Couples Therapy
Expertly shot and edited, the new SBS VICELAND series Couples Therapy makes great artistry of at times tragic circumstances.
Couples Therapy
- Jan 30 2018
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Once Upon A Time I Was A Very Crazy Person
Once upon a time I was a very crazy person, who wore her heart on her sleeve and was prone to many emotional ups and down. I was also suffering anxiety to the point of frequent panic attacks. I tended to get caught in the spiral of negative thoughts swirling inside my head.
Once Upon A Time I Was A Very Crazy Person
- Jun 12 2017
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Nana turns 100
My Nana,who has been the subject of many of my blogs throughout the years is turning 100 on 4 of July. My family and I will be flying down to Melbourne for her birthday celebrations, as will many others.
Nana turns 100
- Jan 10 2016
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January Reflections
So much has happened in the past year that taking a moment to reflect as one year ends and another one begins seems a timely and worthwhile exercise.
January Reflections
- Sep 26 2015
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Six months into the new life
It has been just over 6 months since I made my big life-changing decision to uproot myself and my daughters and experience living somewhere else.
Six months into the new lifeContact Jiselle