by David Nichels | Oct 30, 2026 | Relationship Counselling
Dating confidence does not require perfect charm or an absence of nerves. It can mean showing up honestly, noticing whether you enjoy the person and making choices that fit your life. You can express interest without jealousy tactics, calculated silence or pretending...
by David Nichels | Jun 6, 2024 | Relationship Counselling
A disagreement can reveal a need that has gone unspoken. What matters is whether both people can express themselves, listen and make choices freely. A relationship does not need frequent arguments to be close, and an argument does not automatically make it stronger....
by David Nichels | Jun 9, 2022 | Spiritual Guidance
Empathy concerns understanding another person’s experience. If you use the word “empath” for yourself, it may express a strong sensitivity to moods or a spiritual interpretation of that sensitivity. The label can be meaningful without making your impression of someone...
by David Nichels | Apr 7, 2022 | Relationship Counselling
Dating can raise questions about attraction, compatibility, trust and safety. It helps to distinguish behaviour that limits your freedom or harms you from a difference in preferences that needs an honest conversation. You do not need to diagnose someone, collect a...
by David Nichels | Jan 29, 2022 | Relationship Counselling
A first meeting can feel unusually strong: you notice someone, enjoy the conversation or want to know more about them. You might call that love at first sight, instant attraction or simply a memorable beginning. You can value the feeling while taking time to learn...
by David Nichels | Aug 13, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
Being in a relationship does not remove your need for personal space, friendships or activities of your own. Time together and time apart can both have a place, with the balance depending on what each of you needs and what your circumstances allow. Start with a...
by David Nichels | Jul 26, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
Feeling lonely beside someone you love can be confusing. You may share a home, meals or messages and still miss feeling understood. That feeling deserves attention. It can reflect distance between you, pressures elsewhere in life, a lack of wider support, or several...
by David Nichels | May 7, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
Intimacy grows through the ways people get to know, trust and care for each other. It can include conversation, affection, shared experiences and sexual closeness, depending on what both people want. A strong attraction may be a beginning; the everyday relationship...
by David Nichels | Apr 10, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
When someone ends a relationship, your feelings may continue long after the conversation. You can miss the person, feel rejected or keep hoping they will change their mind. Those feelings do not require you to keep pursuing a relationship they have said they do not...
by David Nichels | Apr 8, 2021 | Relationship Counselling
You cannot reliably predict whether a partner will cheat from their childhood, confidence, friendships or dating history. Those details may help you understand each other, but they do not establish what someone will choose to do in your relationship. If you are...
