‘I am exhausted and frustrated, and my husband is emotionally distant and uncommunicative’
Tell Me About It: Six years ago, my husband had an emotional affair with a woman in his workplace PROBLEM: I have […]
‘I have been invited to eight weddings, eight hen parties and now baby showers. It has to stop’
Tell Me About It: ‘One of my best friends got engaged and I live in fear she’ll ask me to be bridesmaid’ […]
‘Our daughter is almost 40 and moving out soon, but she has told her son that he can stay with us’
Tell Me About It: ‘We think she does not want the responsibility of having him around’ PROBLEM: Our lovely grandson is now […]
‘I am really struggling with the drinking culture among my friends’
Tell Me About It: ‘My family tell me to go and make new friends, but it is not easy in my mid-30s’ […]
‘I think my brother might be controlling his wife and daughter’
Tell Me About It: ‘He and his wife never engage in any larger family events’ PROBLEM: I was at a training course […]
‘My son is in his 20s, but still lives like a teenager – staying in his room playing video games’
Tell Me About It: When he finished college, he told me he was earning enough money from gaming-related activity, but now he […]
‘I’m 50 this year and feel a bit like a teenager with my problem. My best friend has fallen in love’
Tell Me About It: ‘It’s like my whole life and future has been torn away. I really did not know how lonely […]
‘I’ve been given an opportunity to go to Europe, but I’m scared of being alone’
Tell Me About It: I’ve never been strong socially and there was a time in my 20s when I felt that I […]
‘If I don’t go to Australia, I feel my relationship will break up and my whole world will collapse’
Tell Me About It: I feel resentful that I have spent my whole childhood parenting my mum and I was so looking […]
‘After an ancestry DNA test, I discovered my 80-year-old brother has a daughter. Can I let my other siblings know?’
Tell Me About It: My brother has decided not to contact his daughter. Do our siblings have a right to know about […]
‘I’ve been blind to the fact that my partner is actually married to his mother’
Tell Me About It: ‘My partner and I booked a big holiday but his mum is coming too and now they’re planning […]
‘My sister’s boyfriend never left us alone at Christmas. Should I confront her?’
Tell Me About It: Should I tell my sister what I really think about her boyfriend? I worry about losing her, too […]
‘I think my cousin may be manipulating my grandmother into putting her into her will’
Tell Me About It: Your parents or others are not raising the same concern flags that you are and this is worth […]
‘I don’t know what I am supposed to feel, but surely life needs to have more to it than this’
Tell Me About It: ‘I have all the usual accoutrements of car, house and holidays, and no fears about future finance, but […]
‘Everyone expects us to get married and it feels like an unstoppable train’
Tell Me About It: I moved to a far-flung place to be with the woman I fell in love with online, but […]
‘I am back in the workplace full-time and it is unbearable. Managers have become mistrustful’
Tell Me About It: ‘I never thought I’d be a person who would work just for the money’ PROBLEM: I have a […]
‘I am 38, living at home, with my mother doing my washing and cooking my meals. I feel like a child most of the time’
Tell Me About It: ‘Smoking dope gave me some peace, and I suppose I withdrew from life in general’ PROBLEM: I am […]
‘I feel lost and lonely. I have begun to think there’s no reason for me here anymore … do any other people feel this way?’
Tell Me About It: It is not easy to make genuine connections, but all of this starts with spending time with people […]
‘My wife, who I love and adore, has emotionally abandoned our relationship’
Tell Me About It: Begin taking actions now that increase your engagement with life, thus building your confidence PROBLEM: I am a […]
‘I’m in my early 30s and recently married – but I cannot imagine spending the rest of my life with her’
Tell Me About It: I feel that if we divorce, I will be letting my family down and also abandoning this woman […]