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Videos

The Hidden Impact of Relationships on Your Mental Health Video

The Hidden Impact of Relationships on Your Mental Health

Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes explains how attachment patterns, self-esteem, trauma, and relationship dynami...
How to Set Boundaries That Actually Work Video

How to Set Boundaries That Actually Work

Emma McAdam explains how to set boundaries that focus on your own actions and limits (rather than tr...
The Influence of Life Events on Relationship Dynamics Video

The Influence of Life Events on Relationship Dynamics

This video explores how major life events—like illness, job change, loss, or milestones—can reshape...
The Mistake 90% of People Make in Dating Video

The Mistake 90% of People Make in Dating

The School of Life argues that many daters chase emotionally unavailable partners and “drama,” and s...
What is catfishing and how to avoid it? Video

What is catfishing and how to avoid it?

NordVPN breaks down what catfishing looks like on dating apps and social media, why it’s dangerous,...
4 Types of Trauma & How It Impacts Your Relationship Video

4 Types of Trauma & How It Impacts Your Relationship

Psych2Go describes four emotional trauma types—rejection, abandonment, betrayal, and humiliation—and...
Couples Therapist: 5 Steps to Repair Conflict in Your Relationships Video

Couples Therapist: 5 Steps to Repair Conflict in Your Relationships

Steph Anya shares a five-step, Gottman-based process for resolving relationship conflict by identify...
5 Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Intimacy Video

5 Ways to Overcome Your Fear of Intimacy

Therapist Kati Morton offers five practical tools to address emotional, relational, and trauma-based...
The #1 Obstacle to Setting Healthy Boundaries Video

The #1 Obstacle to Setting Healthy Boundaries

Emma McAdam reveals how fear—particularly fear of others’ reactions—keeps people from setting bounda...
How to Deal With Trust Issues Video

How to Deal With Trust Issues

Psych2Go presents six practical strategies to understand, manage, and heal trust issues that commonl...
Every Relationship Style Explained In 17 Minutes Video

Every Relationship Style Explained In 17 Minutes

The Evaluator runs through a range of relationship styles and structures, explaining how they work s...
Why domestic violence victims don't leave Video

Why domestic violence victims don't leave

Leslie Morgan Steiner shares her personal story to challenge myths about domestic violence, explaini...

Podcasts

You Will Know if it’s Time to LEAVE Your Relationship Podcast

You Will Know if it’s Time to LEAVE Your Relationship

Jay Shetty explores why trying to change an unwilling partner is draining and shows how to use patte...

Helpful tools

Mindful practice

Mood Journal

Write down what is going on so it feels less tangled. 5-10 min

Mindful practice

Grateful Moments

Notice what is good and let it land for a moment. 5 min

Guided exercise

Calming Breathing

Slow the breath and create a small pocket of calm. 3-5 min

Mindful practice

Self-Compassion

Respond to yourself with more kindness. 5-10 min

Guided exercise

Easing Tension

Release built-up tension and reconnect with the body. 10 min

Mindful practice

Untangling Worries

Contain anxious thoughts by giving them a dedicated space. 10-15 min

Useful links

relate.org.uk Relate Advice, information, and practical support outside the app. marriagecare.org.uk Marriage Care Advice, information, and practical support outside the app. tavistockrelationships.org Tavistock Relationships Advice, information, and practical support outside the app.