Do you remember when you were utterly entranced by the blissful touch of your lover? Even by the thought of it?

What would it be like to enjoy that magical sensuality again? Every day?

When we consider the human body, we don't often think about how amazing our skin is. The skin is the largest and most sensitive organ we have. It is our boundary with the world, it where we experience the world. And we communicate with each other through contact, through touch, via the skin. From infancy onwards, long before we have language, we touch and feel and connect with the world around us through our skin.

These are not just dull biological facts!

Falling in love is all about that blissful touch

Think about what it's like when you first fall in love with someone. Not only do you think about your beloved and how wonderful they are all day. You also long with a sometimes truly painful yearning to be near them, to be close to them. To touch and be touched by them. The smallest, slightest contact, even just sleeve against sleeve, can send an almost electric shock right through you, making you feel faint.

And as for an embrace, where you wrap your arms around each other and lose yourselves completely in a deeply passionate kiss...

Where did it go?

Are you trying to get over a relationship that's ended and finding it hard to let go?

Does it feel like you'll never be able to love again?

Mourning the end of a relationship

When you've invested a lot of yourself in a relationship, when you've made it part of 'who you are', it can be devastating when it comes to an end. Whether it's a long-term relationship, or a shorter, intense relationship, the impact of it ending can be terrible.

Even if you are the one who ends it. Painful feelings of loss and grief can overwhelm you. It can feel impossible to put your ex-partner out of your mind. Impossible to think about ordinary things, or even do ordinary things.

Of course you know, in your head, that time will pass, that things will change, that one day this will all seem very distant. But right now the pain is so acute that this theoretical knowledge is no use to you whatever.

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Your cell phone rings but it's not them calling.  You order lunch with dessert because something, anything might sweeten your day.

You're haunted by thoughts, feelings and memories of them because let's face it, that's all you have.  It's over.

When a relationship ends, the emotional pain and recovery journey can be overwhelming.

Sure, there is a natural time to grieve and wallow a while when a relationship ends, but when this is stopping you from living your life, it's time to look after yourself.

Having wedding nerves is a pretty predictable thing. There's all that build up, the expectations of so many people, you want the wedding to go perfectly, and you've never had the chance to practice!

In psychological terms, it's the perfect recipe for anxiety!

So what can you do about your wedding nerves, or cold feet? How can you prepare so you enjoy your wedding as much as everyone else?

Loyalty and faithfulness may sound like mundane, old fashioned concepts but research shows they are vital to emotional and physical health.

Married people live longer, more productive, healthier and happier lives especially if their marriages are happy and monogamous.

People who are married and faithful in their relationship are at a huge advantage. Being in a good faithful relationship confers huge benefits on people.