Melbourne, June 11 (ANI): With hotels offering packages that can help one beat the blues of a break-up, a psychologist has offered some tips on how one can get over the pain without spending a penny.
John Aiken, psychologist and author of Accidentally Single, has given ten tips on how one can get over a break-up, reports News.com.au.
The first tip is to avoid all contact with one’s ex-boyfriend or girlfriend.
The second is to begin a healthy lifestyle, by keeping fit, dieting and getting a good sleep.
The third step is to understand what went wrong in the relationship, and to analyse problems of both sides.
The fourth would be to identify what one would like in their next partner.
The fifth is to be aware of any problem patterns, such as communication, style, intimacy, or work hours, one had in the relationship and to change them.
The sixth point is to move on positively and not keep bring up the past.
The seventh tip is to avoid contact with social networks and places that one used to hang out with one’s partner.
The eighth suggestion is to spend more time with friends and family.
The ninth is to pursue independent interests previously put on hold like yoga, travel, and cooking.
And tenth, one needs to get some counselling if break-up problems/issues carry on for more than three months. (ANI)
Merged councils mull name change
Four local governments in the Mid West have put forward a suggested name for the new municipality that will be created when the shires merge.
The shires of Perenjori, Three Springs, Mingenew and Morawa are proposing they be known collectively as the Shire of Billeranga when the amalgamation is complete.
The name comes from the Billeranga Ranges, which border the four towns.
Mingenew Shire president, Michelle Bagley, says the suggestion is open for public comment until a structural reform meeting next week.
“It’s something that we really want to do because we need an identity, something to hang our hats on as such,” she said.
“We’re hoping that we’re going to be able to make that decision at the meeting next Wednesday in Perenjori.”
Ms Bagley says it is important a completely new name is decided upon.
“This is a new entity and it needed a new name so that we’re all working towards it,” she said.
“While we’ll still have the towns of Mingenew, Morawa, Perenjori and Three Springs, we still felt that we wouldn’t really want to use one of those names because this is a new shire and we want to be able to look at it as a new shire.”