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  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    Do we really need it all?

    I’m presently reading Velvet Rage - I highly recommend for all gay men – which highlights the subject of gay shame and our constant need for validation from the world. Coming out in a straight-rewarding world is difficult for...

    • Posted 14 days ago
  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    Being gay is more than having sex

    I remember very well my first teenage sexual adventures with gorgeous men, breaking away from what was expected of me as a male by Australian society in the ’70s. That drive to find sex with men and...

    • Posted 22 days ago
  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    Ten minutes enough for couples?

    Ten minutes has been found to be the average time long-term couples spend talking to each other in a day. Think about it and you might realise this estimate is about right given your domestic harmony and knowing...

    • Posted 35 days ago
  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    You are not the problem (what a relief!)

    The problem is the problem and you are not the problem. A bold statement but let me explain. Say you want to give up cigarettes: the problem is cigarettes. You are you and cigarettes are the problem....

    • Posted 42 days ago
  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    Walls that develop in relationships

    Emotionally hiding behind a wall in a relationship feels a safe place to be sometimes but if left unchallenged it can lead to permanent isolation. Let me clarify this statement: Some partners in a relationship choose that...

    • Posted 51 days ago
  • Sharing-is-caring 420x470
    What is a ‘Sharing Relationship’?

    I know of couples that have been together for many years and still do not have a shared bank account. So how much do you financially share in a relationship? Well you could have a joint bank...

    • Posted 62 days ago
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    How fused is your relationship?

    We have all seen the couples dressed exactly the same, holding hands in busy shopping centre complexes, leaving others to navigate around them when they won’t drop their attachment. This is a visual clue of a fused...

    • Posted 70 days ago
  • inferior-gay-scene 420x470
    Feeling inferior on the gay scene?

    God, I remember my early bar days with affection but also acknowledge that for much of my beginning gay life I felt a bit inferior to others on the scene. Others seemed more buffed, slimmer, neater, better...

    • Posted 91 days ago
  • sex_intimacy 420x470
    Confusion over intimacy and sex

    I have long term couples coming to see me worried that because they are no longer having regular sex they are scared about losing their sense of intimacy. They think sex is intimacy and they are wrong....

    • Posted 97 days ago
  • GerryNorth-e1342602124661111111111
    Help! I can’t sleep at night.

    Are you finding yourself unable to get a good night’s sleep, either having problems dropping off or waking up at 3 or 4pm and then unable to go back to slumber? Tired all-day and going over stuff...

    • Posted 107 days ago
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