Orienteering is the ‘crossing of unknown land with the aid of a map and a compass’. I wonder how popular the actual sport of orienteering is these days? My only knowledge of it comes from my time as a high school teacher, watching students stress at not finding their way during the exam and finding […]
The million dollar question…
Why do we sleep? It’s actually a tough question that ‘science’ has yet to provide a definitive answer for. An article in the Huffington Post is claiming to have the answers. And based on the reasonable comprehensive research I undertook when writing ‘Sleeping Apart not Falling Apart’, the connections are logical. It makes sense doesn’t […]
Advice for the modern couple….
If (as a single person enjoying all the luxuries of your own bed and bedroom) you have been lying awake in bed at night wondering what the Top 5 ‘turn offs’ and ‘favourite’ things to do in bed if you are about to share with a new partner….. Wonder. No. More. Ergoflex’s latest investigation into […]
FiveThirtyEight analyses separate sleeping…
FiveThirtyEight is a polling aggregation website created by Nate Silver. Sometimes referred to as 538, the website takes its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college. While the site’s beginnings were focussed on political analysis, a post yesterday strayed into my fav subject – separate sleeping. Written by Mona Chalabi, […]
A space to call your own…
“I need my space!” Such is the lament of an embattled soul trying to articulate a basic, but most common need every human harbors and longs for at some point (or many points). When we sign up for an intimate relationship, the issue of each person’s space can become quite complex. Physical and emotional space […]
The fabric that binds…
Have you ever considered the impact that cultural influences have on decisions you make and social patterns and expectations to which you conform? Enculturation is a mostly invisible process until the expectations and behaviours of said culture no longer work for us. That’s when we might find ourselves ‘breaking bad’ and going all ‘counter-cultural’. We […]
The BIGger picture…
Why do we care so much about what everyone ELSE is doing? Why do we NEED to know that what we do as an individual or a couple is what other individuals or couples are doing? What is our obsession with others…. when it comes to working out if we are OK? It’s a question […]
