Author Archives: IRI

My Journey Towards Forgiveness

Love Addiction

Readers Article Contribution Winston Churchill once said, “I do not ask how the wounded person feels. I simply become that wounded person.”  Far too often, our society loses touch of this basic principle of empathy. And I am no exception. In fact, I have been quite the opposite for the past several months, writhing in […]

Drugs, sex, food, it’s not about the object and it may not even be chemical.

How do you catch a cheating partner?

What really causes addiction — to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we do — and if there might be […]

The most common reasons people give for their divorce

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Infidelity is one of the leading causes of divorce; it nearly doubles the chance that a couple will get divorced. And even though we live in a sexually tolerant society, still more than 90% of Americans say infidelity is morally wrong. Statistics on infidelity  Although it is hard to do research on how common infidelity is, […]

Infidelity Quiz

Ten Question Quiz: Answer these questions honestly, and you will be able to gauge the likelihood of your marriage being affected by infidelity. 1) We decided to get married less than a year after we met. 2) You are both aged under 25 years old. 3) Your partner has unexplained mood swings that are hard […]

How to Help Other People Change Their Habits

Three pointers on helping someone else change their habits. Having written a book on how to change your own habits, in interviews I was often asked: how can I change another person’s habits? Say I want my partner to stop cracking his knuckles or get my daughter to put down her mobile phone at meal times […]

MEDIA: Does Being Overweight put Your Relationship in Jeopardy

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Join my special guest and relationship guru Savannah Ellis and me on Baring It All with MVO Radio. Where we’re gonna share some shocking and revealing truths you will absolutely want to hear. Get ready to laugh, cry and hear the brutal honest truth and insights into this and more when it comes to your […]