maria christie 8/30/26 maria christie 8/30/26

Do You Want to Feel More Calm and Trusting in Your Relationships?

Do you want to feel more calm and trusting in your relationships — even after difficult experiences? This post explores how a sense of safety in love and connection can grow and change over time, and why it’s never too late to build something different.

maria christie 8/28/26 maria christie 8/28/26

Why Disagreement Feels Personal

Why does a different opinion from someone you love sometimes feel like a personal attack? Explore what’s happening beneath the surface, how your nervous system responds, and what this reveals about confidence, communication styles and connection.

maria christie 8/27/26 maria christie 8/27/26

Do You Find It Hard to Trust New Connections?

If dating makes you second-guess a message, or steady interest from someone new somehow feel harder to trust than distance does, you're not overreacting — it could be an anxious attachment. Discover what it is, how it shows up differently across dating, family, and friendships, and how RTT Hypnotherapy can help.

maria christie 8/17/26 maria christie 8/17/26

How to Date From Self-Worth, Not Fear-After Being Hurt

Dating again after heartbreak can make you feel as though you’re waiting to be chosen. Learn how to rebuild self-worth, trust yourself, and date from confidence rather than fear.

maria christie 8/13/26 maria christie 8/13/26

How to Feel Supported in Your Relationships During Perimenopause & Menopause

Menopause doesn't just change your body. It changes your relationships too — with partners, family, friends, and colleagues. Here are ways to move through it with more support, understanding and less isolation.

maria christie 7/27/26 maria christie 7/27/26

Feeling Nervous About Dating Again?

Dating again after a painful relationship, a divorce, or a long period on your own can take real courage.

Dating advice often focuses on the practical side of things. A lot of it can also make dating feel like hard work before it has even begun. Very little talks about what’s happening underneath.

maria christie 7/22/26 maria christie 7/22/26

The People You Keep Close Are Shaping How You Feel

What research shows about our connections is something that most of us quietly already know — but often don't quite realise how much it's impacting us, or how to navigate it.

Being surrounded by people you don’t feel connected to can be worse for your brain than being alone.

maria christie 7/4/26 maria christie 7/4/26

Emotional Dependency Isn't About Love

When you can’t quite read the situation, the anxiety is immediate and hard to settle.

This is what emotional dependency feels like from the inside. And for a long time, many women mistake it for love — because it feels so intense, so consuming, so urgent.

maria christie 6/27/26 maria christie 6/27/26

How Healthy Boundaries Support Your Nervous System

Boundaries aren’t just communication — they’re regulation.

Here’s a different way to think about it: boundaries aren’t one skill you either have or don’t. They’re dozens of small, separate decisions — about your time, your body, your money, your attention, your opinions

maria christie 6/22/26 maria christie 6/22/26

People-Pleasing Isn’t a Personality Trait

“I’ve just always been a people-pleaser.”

I hear this a lot — usually said with a small shrug, as if it’s just a fixed part of someone’s personality. Something to manage, maybe. Not something that can change. People-pleasing wasn’t a trait. It was a strategy. And strategies, however old, can be unlearned.