Rescue me! Are you in pursuit of the happy ending?

I used to be in love with being in love. I’d get high on the possibilities (reality was my comedown) and pursued a happy ending – I wanted the plot that was my life to reach a happy conclusion. I wanted everything I’d been through including unhealthy...

Your Situation May Feel ‘Unique’ But Really, It’s Not Unique In Literally Being the Only One of Its Kind

Readers often stumble across Baggage Reclaim on a quest for answers and possibly while seeking the love equivalent of a ‘Get rick quick scheme’. They’re often confused, wondering what went wrong, what they ‘did’ to ‘make’ the...
It’s Time To Stop Playing The Relationship Slot Machine

It’s Time To Stop Playing The Relationship Slot Machine

I was reading an article about pattern breaking this morning and the author Chris explained how use of social media like Facebook and Twitter are similar to the dynamics of playing the slot machines. “Hit with even a small win every once in a blue moon, and...

Compassion, Empathy, Sympathy, Hurt, Hinting and Kindness – 6 of the most misused words in relationships and the importance of learning their meanings

It’s often said that communication is critical to successful relationships – it is – but what we often don’t realise is that often when we do communicate with others or convey information about ourselves, we can be frequent users of words that...
It’s Just Cake: Why you should be careful of reading too much into things

It’s Just Cake: Why you should be careful of reading too much into things

I used to go into tailspins over various situations, other people’s behaviour, and of course second guessing my own actions and going down the If Only I Could’ve… train of thought. I have put in some serious ‘man hours’ crunching the data...