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It could be
you....
Every month Maggi
Stamp, a qualified and experienced relationship counsellor for
Relate and in private practice, writes about some of the
emotional challenges we meet as we pass our half-way markers.
In later life, and particularly once we've retired, relationships become very important because we have more time for them. The opportunity to spend more quality time with people, whether it's a partner, children, friends or relations should mean that our relationships are strengthened. However, sometimes things do go wrong for a variety of reasons. It may be that we don't think about them and work at them but just take them for granted. Once we retire, relationships will change because of the time element so they need thinking about and working at. Whatever the reason, we do sometimes come up against problems with relationships in later life, which is why Maggi's articles can be very helpful.
For reasons of
confidentiality Maggi never writes about a particular person's
problems unless you have sent one to be answered, but all her examples are
based on problems raised by clients, family and friends over the
years.
We hope you find the column
useful and interesting and will want to comment or
even share some your own experiences in the laterlife
cafe. Why not post your thoughts
there, or you can write to Maggi at maggi@laterlife.com
for her to respond in the column.
Index to
Relationship
Articles(for more recent articles, click here).
56 - My stepdaughter treats me with contempt
55 - Grandparent's longing
54 - My grandson has terrible rages. How can
I help?
53 -
My father has Parkinsons disease
52 - How can I restore relations with my
granddaughter?
51 - Testosterone loss
50 - How do I move on?
49 - Consequences of divorce
48 - How can I make my husband listen to me?
47 - My son has gone
46 - How do I tell my pregnant daughter that
I have cancer?
45 - Say hello to a neighbour
44 - Problems with stepdaughters
43 - A daughter`s marriage in danger
42 - I`m ashamed of my weight and I don`t
feel loved
41 - I`m 54 and I don`t want to go on
working.
40 - Cancer has destroyed my sex life
39 - My partner is an alcoholic
38 - Should I intervene?
37 - How we feel about getting older
36 - After divorce: Can you be good friends
with your ex?
35 - My elder son’s behaviour is causing
concern with my ex and his new partner
34 - Becoming the victim of
an obsession
33 - My mother insists on spending...
32 - Children flown, new
home, coping with builders, being a carer, husband often absent…
31 - The daughter who keeps going home to
mum
30 - Late divorce: how mother
and daughter react
September 2004. Maggi is
on holiday this month'
29 - I think he only wants sex,
not a relationship
28 - We are worried about our
son`s choice of
partner
27 - I admit I have neglected
the physical side of our
love
26 - My husband`s stroke makes
him impossible to live with
25 - Am I losing my son to his
girlfriend?
24 - How well do we know our
brothers and sisters?
23 - Depression and the family
part three
22 - Depression and the family
part two
21 - Depression and the
family
20 - When the past gets in
the way
19 - Alzheimer`s -
How do we
cope?
18 - Dr Alzheimer`s
Prison
17 - My
brother is very ill; how far
should we
interfere?
16 - We
can`t get on with our
daughter-in-law
15 - Is it our age or
is our marriage on the
rocks?
14 -
Black sheep or just
different?
13 - I
don`t like
granny
12 - Time
for a
Spring-clean
11 - We
are never ready for
this
10 - So
good when they
go
9 - What about
the
children
8 - Sex in a
long-term
relationship
7 - Sarah
leaves home
6 - A new
start after
divorce
5 - Holidays
can spell
trouble
4 - First
steps to a new
beginning
3 - Still
strangers after all these
years
2 -
Boundaries of being a
grandparent
1 - Retirement,
a hidden
sting?
You can write to Maggi at maggi@laterlife.com
for her to respond in the
column.
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