All Relationship articles
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: How do I set boundaries with a toxic friend?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, relationships and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Dr Kathrine McAleese answers a reader who wants to know how to deal with a difficult friend.
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ArticleShedding a light on unhealthy relationships, lies, manipulation, rape and grooming
Hope Bonarcher isn’t feeling there is much to celebrate for women within our culture – but reminds us what good news the gospel is for all of us
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ArticleLet’s stop viewing marriage through rose-tinted glasses
Veronica Zundel believes that Christian marriage has become an idol for today’s Church
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ArticleChristian marriage is important for the Church
Kate Orson highlights how marriage is part of God’s original design, but believes we’ve become far too obsessed by it
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ArticleAre Christian women ashamed of their own sexuality?
Sex therapist Emma Waring delves into the cultural double standards that have existed for millennia, and which perpetuate the shame and guilt that women can feel around pleasure and intimacy
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Article‘I found freedom in submission’
Growing up feminist, Kate Orson was initially disgusted by Ephesians 5. But she says she has learned to trust that God’s way is best
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OpinionAre Christian women being good helpmates or are we all just ’mankeeping’?
‘Researchers suggest that a major issue with “mankeeping” is a lack of reciprocity - the burden it places on women’s time and well-being is not matched by a corresponding investment from men,’ says Ann-Louise Graham.
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OpinionA Bridgerton style debutante ball has just taken place in Paris. Is this something Christians could embrace for matchmaking purposes?
According to research, online is where it is at if you want to find Mr Darcy, but what if you are fed up of dating apps? What if you long to live out your best Bridgerton dreams, and be presented by your family as eligible for marriage? Woman Alive deputy editor, Jemimah Wright, suggests debutante balls might be an option.
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ArticleWhy can't men tell the difference between friendly and flirting?
Dr Belle Tindall shares a personal anecdote that uncovered an uncomfortable truth: men are ‘reading’ women totally wrong
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: I have fallen out of love with my husband, when is it ok to get a divorce?
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us an email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, we answer someone who wants to know when it is ok to get a divorce.
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OpinionMy dad died and then, 3 months later, the man I thought I’d marry broke up with me. Here is how God helped me to trust him again
Marie Weatherby felt let down and betrayed after going through grief and disappointment. It was only when she started to focus on God’s character that her perspective shifted.
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OpinionGREAT SEXPECTATIONS: My Christian boyfriend was a narcissist
In our fortnightly column ‘Great Sexpectations’ we answer your questions on sex, faith and intimacy. Drop us a confidential email on womanalive@premier.org.uk and ask us anything. Here, Dr Kathrine McAleese helps a reader who wants to know how to spot red flags in relationships.
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OpinionAre date nights the secret to a healthy Christian marriage?
A new report from the Marriage Foundation reveals that intentional time spent together as husband and wife can make all the difference.
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ArticleAre we balanced?
The Engage Network is a collaboration of organisations, churches and individuals, with a vision to: “make singleness or marriage a genuine choice for all Christian women and men, through a church which is gender-balanced and teaches about healthy Christian singleness, dating and marriage”. Co-chair Annabel Wheeldon-Clarke explains how the male/female imbalance in Church affects us all
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OpinionA Gen-Z guide to modern dating (Christians need help too)
If you’re recently single and hitting the apps, you are going to need to decipher more than just WWJD…
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OpinionThe boyfriend trap - how romantic relationships are being used to trap women into exploitation
Around ‘15% of victims of trafficking are thought to be trafficked by an intimate partner’ says Ben Ryan from Medaille Trust, a charity that works to support survivors of modern slavery. He explains how the longing for love can make women dangerously vulnerable.
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ArticleWhat are your expectations on Valentine’s Day?
Hope Bonarcher takes an honest look at our expectations for this much romanticised day
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Article‘There’s no passage in the Bible about dating’
While dating is a modern concept, Elaine Storkey unpacks two biblical stories where women were given a voice when deciding their future
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ArticleNotes on…feminism
Dr Belle Tindall unpacks purity ethics within the Church and wider culture
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ArticleRomantic relationships aren’t the only ones we should prioritise
Veronica Zundel challenges us to accept and support healthy connections beyond the ‘ideal’ the Church perpetually highlights
