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Steps to planning your wedding.

When you decide to get married you have a simple choice, either plan it very carefully or elope and get married in Vegas. If you do decide to plan the wedding, this is a rough, and totally incomplete guide, to getting married.

The first step to planning a wedding would be to choose a date. This needs to be at least nine months in advance or you will run out of time. Before you start booking venues and inviting people, you will need to set yourself a budget, as this will dictate many of your decisions. Be realistic with your budget, and build in a contingency, things will cost more than you expect, and there will be unexpected expenses.

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The 4 A's of a relationship. Don't wait until your relationship is on the rocks.

Relationship Expert - David Kavanagh gives his advice on the 4 A's of a relationship.

There is a lot of talk among marriage counselors about the 4 A's that can spell doom for marriages. These “big four” are abuse, addictions, adultery, and abandonment...

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Be my guests. What do your Wedding guests expect in return?

A recent survey found that Irish wedding guests spend, on average, over €600 on a wedding. This includes an average of about €180 on a gift, €80 of drinks at the wedding, €200 on an outfit and €200 on accommodation and travel.

So, what do your guests expect in return?

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The strange origins of wedding traditions. 

There are many strange wedding traditions in the world. The Jews smash a glass at a wedding to commemorate the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem, and in some countries people throw shoes at the wedding car as it leaves, as it is supposed to bring good luck. So, where do some of our wedding traditions come from?

Wedding rings originated in Egypt and were only given to the bride as a symbol of ownership by her husband but thanks to some progress, the rings are now exchanged to show that the ownership goes both ways! The Sicilians were responsible for adding the diamond to the wedding ring, as they believed the diamond was forged in a fire of love, but this was really popularised by Archduke Maximilian of Austria when he married Mary of Burgundy in 1477. The father giving away the bride was linked to this idea of ownership, so we have not progressed quite that far. Wedding rings go on the fourth finger because people believed that there was a vein called the vena amoris that ran from the fourth finger directly to the heart.

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Podcast - Being the adult child of an alcoholic. Common Struggles.

Relationship Expert - David Kavanagh talks through what to do if you're the child of an alcoholic.

What are the effects, and how do you get through it?

Do adult children develop certain characteristics as a result of growing up with an alcoholic parent?

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What happens when a child has absent parents?

David Kavanagh tells Ciara what happens when a child has absent parents.

An absent parent refers to a non-custodial parent who is obligated to pay partial child support and who is physically absent from the child's home. The term also refers to a parent who has abandoned his or her child and failed to maintain contact with the child.

“There would be fewer absent fathers if straight men were turned on only by women with whom they would not mind having children." - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

How Do You Know If You're Ready To Get Engaged?

Are you disappointed you didn't get engaged over the holidays?

Or do you feel pressure to get engaged? Relationship Expert - David Kavanagh gives his advice. Radio Podcast - newstalk.com

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11 Tips to Reignite the Spark - Relationship Advice. 

Relationships are hard, but it is good to remember that nothing is as hard as it looks. So if you want to reignite that spark in your relationship, here are some simple steps that are guaranteed to work.

1. A couple that sweats together, stays together. Couples who exercise together have an increased physical attraction, and it improves your emotional bond. So go running, join a gym, or take up a sport together.

2. Be flirtatious. Being sexually suggestive and affectionate adds excitement to a romance. Remember when you first met. Rekindle that feeling with innuendos and sexy messages. A post- it note on a pillow or a flirty text will do wonders for your love life.

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Time for love. Human beings are chemical animals.

Time is an equal and non-redeemable commodity. That is a great sentence but why is that important and what exactly does it mean?

The fact is that we, as human beings, are chemical animals, and there are some chemicals we really like. Some people may like nicotine or alcohol or chocolate, but every single one of us likes something called oxytocin. No, don’t panic, it is not something illegal that you buy on the street corner. Oxytocin is the drug our bodies produce when something very specific happens.

Our bodies produce oxytocin when we are in the company of friends, family or loved ones, and oxytocin makes us feel very, very good. We are happy to sit and watch TV with our friends, doing nothing, saying nothing, just sitting there watching TV. The longer we spend with friends the better we feel. It's one of the reasons we invite friends to our wedding.

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Women, Please Stop Shaming Men. Feminist Shaming Tactics.

Women Who Shame Men. Relationship Expert - David Kavanagh gives his advice on man shaming.

Real men" don't need to be defined by someone's narrow-minded opinion. Women don't shame men as a 'test', they usually have a pretty malignant reason for doing so.

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Psychotherapist David Kavanagh Teaches How to Unlock Long-Lasting Happiness

The article from DatingAdvice.com website

The Short Version: What if you could change your own brainwave patterns and positively impact your relationship with others?

David Kavanagh, who specializes in neuropsychotherapy in Ireland, teaches his patients techniques to accomplish just that. By understanding the way your brain works, you can better handle stress, fear, and challenging situations at the heart of relationship problems.

Through cyber-counseling, in-office visits, and his book, “Love Rewired: Using Your Brain To Mend Your Heart,” David helps people change behaviors to find lasting happiness.

Read the full article here: https://www.datingadvice.com/for-men/david-kavanagh-teaches-couples-how-to-unlock-lasting-love

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How do you deal with your partner criticising you? Podcast.

Relationship Expert - David Kavanagh talks to Ciara about how you can address your partner always criticising you.

Try to make your approach a constructive one so your partner doesn't feel like you're trying to get at them.

1. Focus on the situation or action, not the person.

2. Focus on the positive as well as the negative.

3. Share how it has affected you.

4. Learn to take feedback yourself.

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