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Emotional regulation…the super power of functioning relationships ?

Emotional regulation…the super power of functioning relationships ?

by Waratah Karleu | Jun 29, 2026 | Communication, Connection, Mindfulness, Relationship skills

All toxic behaviours stem from a lack of or inability to emotionally regulate. Emotional regulation has become one of the latest catch cries. I believe it a skill set that we are in dire need of learning but what is it and how does it operate. I grew up in an era of...
Tantra….what do you know?

Tantra….what do you know?

by Waratah Karleu | Dec 15, 2025 | Connection, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Relationship skills

Tantra…what do you know about it? This is one of the questions that I ask participants at the workshops I present. The answers generally include sex and sexual positions…of which is it not….that body of work belongs to what the West has done with the Karma Sutra....
Questioning of AI as a tool for therapy

Questioning of AI as a tool for therapy

by Waratah Karleu | Oct 21, 2025 | Communication, Connection, Relationship skills

I’m hearing people are turning to ChatGPT and other platforms to source their support, I wanted to write a few thoughts I have around this subject.  Firstly, I do think we might question the terminology. It is artificial or just really super fast...
Resentment; The killer of good times.

Resentment; The killer of good times.

by Waratah Karleu | May 28, 2025 | Attachment, Communication, Connection, Intimacy

Clients come to me…they are not connecting…they are arguing, conflicting…there is no intimacy…there is no sex…And behind it all is resentment….All the little and big things that have gone unaddressed, unacknowledged, unresolved, unspoken…The apologies that never came,...

Holding a Positive Perspective

by Waratah Karleu | Feb 10, 2025 | Attachment, Communication, Connection, Intimacy, Mindfulness, Mindset

Holding a positive perspective of our relationship might just be one of the most important things we can do to safe guard it’s survival and longevity. How do we hold a positive perspective of our relationship when we are hard wired for threat?  We’ve done that so...
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