Nine times out of ten, one person in the relationship reaches out to me first. Not both. One partner has been thinking about it for weeks, maybe months,

I had a client tell me recently that he avoids calling his own grandparents — people he loves more than almost anyone — and he couldn’t understand why.

When I was 13, my parents were living in Tonga. They decided the best school for me was in Wellington, New Zealand. So I was going to boarding

“Where are you from?” For most people it’s small talk. For me it has always been a small trapdoor. I can feel myself working out which answer this

A client of mine — sharp, capable, good at his job — told me something that stops a lot of people in their tracks when they hear it

A couple sat in my office recently, both of them tired. Tired of the fight, and tired of having to explain, again, why the fight keeps happening. On

Moving abroad together sounds like an adventure. And it often is — for a while. New city, new food, a shared sense of starting fresh. There’s something that

This is the question that won’t leave you alone. Not the practical questions — what happens now, who knows, what do we tell the kids. Those are urgent,

This is probably the first question you’ve typed into Google since finding out. So let me answer it directly, without softening it or spinning it. Yes. Many do.

So you’ve landed in Switzerland. Maybe it’s been a few months, maybe a couple of years. Life is objectively fine — good job, nice apartment, excellent public transport.