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Intimacy plays an important part in all relationships. However, we tend to think of intimacy in terms of emotional or physical connection. In this podcast Derek Boylen explains what intimacy really means and just how important it is to building loving, healthy relationships.

Intimacy in a relationship is paramount. Couples cannot grow together and thrive without closeness and personal connection.

Pope Francis has asked Catholic universities and Catholic couples around the world to support the “Family Global Compact.”

Family Focus Podcasts Marriage and family counsellor Derek Boylen speaks about the importance of work/life balance.  Never has this been so important, especially due to the difficulties we are experiencing after the pandemic. Work/life inbalance can lead to all sorts of stresses on families, financial and otherwise. Derek provides tips on what couples and families

Finding the right balance between work and leisure can be difficult. Australians reportedly work more hours than most people in other developed OECD countries but working long hours can increase stress and affect people’s health.

On a searing Gold Coast morning, my neighbour, Rollo Meyers, stood in his eponymous park in Runaway Bay, tipping water out of a wheelbarrow. The garden tools and spray bottles he stored in the tray clattered noisily to the rim as he angled the front braces toward the ground.