I have just done a check on the internet for the number of daily keyword searches using the word 'cheating' and come up with 111,000 Some of these may be other uses of the word but I suspect a large proportion are about cheating within a relationship

You may be wondering why I am discussing the financial crisis in a newsletter about relationships Don’t worry, I have not lost the plot… what is happening at the moment in the world of banking can be related back to some fundamental emotional problems and the way that we try to compensate for these through materialism

The sad truth is that most of us fall in love for the wrong reason We bring a partner into our lives to fulfil our need for love, and it is this outward focus that creates all our problems

In our society we have become obsessed with love Our films, our books, our plays and our music are full of stories about love – the joy of finding it and the heartache of losing it

Many people search on my website because their relationship has run into difficulties and they are looking for help or ideas The truth is that sustaining a successful romantic relationship is one of the hardest things we will ever do in life

In my own life I have struggled to let go of people and relationships I found it incredibly hard to let go of my wife and our family life when my marriage failed

There's been a lot of public interest recently about the Laws of Attraction, 'The Secret' and such things as 'Cosmic Ordering', but what does this actually mean Can we really bring the things into our life that we desire or dream about

Although we may not always realize that we are doing it, we normally place conditions on our happiness We decide that we will be happy when certain conditions are met in our lives - for instance, we might decide that we must live in a particular type of house in a particular location for us to be truly satisfied and happy