Read: 'Stop Apologising': What those of us living with chronic illness need to remember

 

It’s time to talk about it.

I rolled out of bed one Sunday morning and made it as far as the hallway before my whole world started to swirl and I was falling. Logic tells you that once...

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Read: Give yourself permission to ask for what you want

There are times in all our relationships, personal and professional, where things build up. Unmet needs or overbearing demands congeal into resentments, and we can get overwhelmed. I have noticed...

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Read: Never make a man uncomfortable, and other useless advice

Over the last month, power dynamics in relationships has been a hot topic for my clients. In particular, women have been describing what I call ‘the command’, where a man instructs a...

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Read: The World Does Not Need More Frantic Women

For the last couple of months, I have driven myself crazy creating relentless promotion and event deadlines (not to mention cash outlays). My daily demands (laments) were that I needed to promote...

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Read: Why healthy relationships demand all your messiness

Over the last couple of months I have fallen in love with a generous, intelligent man who knows his own emotional depth. Some of the fabulous aspects of romantic relationships are the...

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Read: Treats and Tantrums: Is your inner child running your life?

I like to think of myself as a mature adult. However, I know I make decisions and have reactions that are shall we say, are not the most mature option available.

I have come to understand how all...

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Michelle Irving
Listen: Queen of the Underworld. Life, Love and Bedrest
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Listen: Queen of the Underworld. Life, Love and Bedrest

 

Queen of the Underworld. Life, Love and Bedrest

I was delighted to be interviewed by the gorgeous Monica Michelle, host of the utterly brilliant podcast Explicitly Sick. We had a very honest...

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Read: Mastering Maturity - 6 Keys to finding your inner adult

In our culture women are not encouraged to be in their authentic, mature feminine self. Most of us don’t even know what that would feel like. Yet it is possible stand in your...

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Michelle Irving
Listen: From Lover to Co-worker – how to stay sane working from home together
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Listen: From Lover to Co-worker – how to stay sane working from home together

 

From Lover to Co-worker - how to stay sane working from home together

If your Lover is now your coworker, this episode gives you insights on how you can make agreements that will make home...

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Michelle Irving
Listen: Are you acting like a child or a teenager? Learn to be your Mature Self.
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Listen: Are you acting like a child or a teenager? Learn to be your Mature Self.

Learn to be your Mature Self

Alice Agenello, podcast host of Kids Are Grown, Now What? interviews Michelle about intimate relationships.

How do you have mature, healthy relationships and stop...

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Read: The Labour of Love

It has taken me years to come to terms with one of the most obvious truths about intimate relationships: that there is labour in love.

We have all heard that you can’t change a person, and...

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Read: The Story of Women and Power

Sometimes the biggest issue I think I have is ‘managing’ everyone else’s feelings. Somehow I ended up with this life-long feeling I am not only responsible for how everyone around...

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