Your reaction to your partner's good news can have a significant impact on your relationship.

Hands up if there is a sulker in your relationship! Do you or your partner tend to clam up, withdraw or display the cold shoulder when the other makes a demand?

Conflict within a relationship can be tiring, frustrating, and monotonous. When a couple becomes stuck in the same repetitive arguments, even small conflicts such as arguing over who empties the dishwasher most often can make you feel trapped in a circle of conflict. But the good news is that if just one person within the relationship is motivated to improve things, the relationship can and will change.

My husband David and I were recently interviewed about what it was like struggling to conceive for five years.

How to be known and really get to know others

Scratch the surface and you are likely to find that many of us don’t have the depth or quality of relationships that we long for.