Couples

Things are comfortable between you and your partner – it works – but is your relationship really satisfying your overall wellbeing? You may have been together for years and run a household as smoothly as two people can, but didn’t you sign…

Sexual enhancement drugs, like Viagra, seem like a win-win for husbands and wives across the globe. Men are undoubtedly thrilled to have their sexual health and wellness restored, so surely their respective female counterparts enjoy a…

Marriage changes your whole life. From the daily challenges of living your life together and maintaining a great relationship to starting a family and beyond, tying the not can be a roller coaster of emotions, financial implications and…

Having great sex has been proven to have benefits for your emotional health. Just because you have sex with one partner does not mean that the wild sex life of your youth has got to be left behind either. In fact, your sexual wellness and…

Desire disparity can put an enormous amount of stress on couples, creating a gap in the relationship that can be difficult to repair. Feeling rejected is tough on anyone’s self esteem, but this is especially the case then the person doing…

Yoga is enormously popular as an exercise that people do either individually or in groups. It emphasises slow stretching movements improving flexibility and strengthening your core. Millions of people swear by it and this popularity has…

Little is known about the complementary practice of sex therapy, and yet it can be hugely beneficial to the sexual wellness and wellbeing of couples. It is a form of psychotherapy, which integrates psychosocial and biomedical components to…

Just letting your feelings out without ambivalence may be a major booster to your sex life, a study has found. ‘The more ambivalent you are, the less you are able to communicate your emotions satisfactorily, and the more you…

A new study in Health Psychology has suggested that happily married couples are more likely to gain weight. The research looked at over 160 recently married couples who found that the happier they were in their relationship, the more extra…

When we consider stages in our lives where we’re most likely to gain weight, we tend to assume that it is during phases such as our teens or early adulthood, when our diets are perhaps not as much of a priority as they are in later life.…

It’s a very common occurrence to find yourself stressed at work. After all, work is a stressful place filled with deadlines and pressure. Unfortunately, however, it seems that increasingly work stress is spilling over into our personal…

Research into the relationship habits of young couples has shown that nearly half of older teenagers and young adults repeatedly get back into relationships with those they have broken up with previously. Over half of this group also has…

There’s a new craze sweeping through sex therapy classes of late, which is taking relationships by storm – it revolves around the idea of having regular intercourse without the end result of an orgasm. While it may be considered the ideal…

Soon-to-be-wed couples should be prepared to talk frankly about their sex lives before they tie the knot. Even if your lovemaking is regular and healthy before the big day and you’re convinced of your sexual compatibility, marriage itself…

There are so many different aspects to your wellbeing that taking care of it can be a full-time job. You have to take care of your fitness, nutrition, mental health, sexual health, relationship wellness, family wellness, corporate…

Carrie Bradshaw did it, sexual researchers have done it, and now you can do it. ‘It’ refers to sex classes to improve your skills on everything from hand jobs to erotic massage. In today’s sexual revolution, grown-up sex education is…

The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, also known as the CDC, state that sexually transmitted diseases continue to be an issue among the public – the five most common health issues reports are chlamydia, herpes 1 and 2, HIV and…

Sleep plays a major role in your wellbeing, but it isn’t until you get married that you realise how it impacts family wellness. You and your spouse may have completely incompatible sleep styles, which could spell relationship trouble down…

It’s hard to spend time with your partner, regardless of where you are in life. Whether you’re working, studying, looking after the kids or all of the above, relationship wellness often gives way to life’s little disturbances. Funnily…