Is love all you need – yes but you can learn to play the game!
In an essay included in Relate’s newly published collection of essays exploring ideas for putting relationships at the heart of policy ‘What’s love got to do with it?’ , Mark Molden, Chief Executive of Marriage Care, argues that we think nothing of investing in our skills and personal development when it comes to the workplace but when it comes to love we fall into the trap of assuming no education and lifelong learning is required. Yet healthy, strong and fulfilling relationships don’t just happen; they are co-created and that anyone can learn to ‘do’ relationships better. See Is love all you need – the case for adult relationship education