by KosjenkaM | 20.May. 2005 | Love & Intimacy, Self-esteem
Sometimes people ask me which qualities should one seek in a potential partner. I thought that this question deserved to be answered in more detail so here I present a LONG answer. I will put self-esteem in the first place, since self-esteem influences all...
by KosjenkaM | 28.Jul. 2005 | Love & Intimacy
Unconscious foundations of falling in love Perhaps you are familiar with the idea that we are often romantically attracted to people who remind us of our parents or circumstances from our childhood. Or perhaps this is a completely new idea and difficult to accept?...
by KosjenkaM | 2.Sep. 2008 | Love & Intimacy, Emotional wellbeing
Jealousy and possessiveness Jealousy is usually the most childish emotion of all. While experiences of fear, anger, sadness, shame and similar can be appropriate to external reality (although in most cases it’s a mixture of realistic and childish, exaggerated...
by KosjenkaM | 19.Feb. 2009 | Love & Intimacy, Coaching, Emotional wellbeing, Most Popular
Subconscious mind and love Do you enjoy loving your significant other? Seemingly paradoxically, for many people love is a source of pain rather than bliss. There is no other adult relationship in which the depth and strength of our needs, imprints and beliefs from...
by KosjenkaM | 9.Mar. 2010 | Love & Intimacy, New Articles
How relationships fail I’ve once read an article in a paper magazine which half-jokingly stated that “every love relationship lasts 3 years”. The idea was that intimacy, passion and infatuation in an average relationship last about 3 years, after...
by KosjenkaM | 6.Oct. 2010 | Love & Intimacy
The ecstasy we feel when our love is returned is greatly based on the feeling that we are fully accepted, approved of, and free to be who we are. This is what, as children, we needed most from our parents, but rarely received, whether due to parents’ lack of...
