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Monday morning. A good mood on a Monday? On the way to work you will pass plenty of sleepy, glum faces, and even when you get to the office most of your colleagues are not in a good mood but hiding behind a big cup of coffee. A bad mood, though, is not tied to a particular time: it can happen anywhere and at any moment, and so ruin the whole day for you. The problem: once your good mood is lost, it usually takes a long time to lift again.

It is not easy to talk about a subject like this, but the hardest thing of all is for a person to admit that he or she has a sex addiction. That is why my clients most often come with questions about relationships or about problems in the family. And even after several sessions, once trust has grown between me and the client, very few are the first to speak about problems in their sex life or about the loss of control over their own body. My colleagues know that a client very often hides the real request; I call it "a screen

Dementia is a chronic or progressive disease of the brain in which memory, orientation, perception, learning, speech and judgement are impaired. The disease usually appears in old age, but it is not a normal sign of ageing. In Russia more than 1.5 million people suffer from dementia. Worldwide at least 44 million people live with dementia, which makes it a global problem that has to be addressed. There are different forms of dementia, such as Alzheimer's disease.

Demand creates supply. And what is it that you, my dear readers, want to hear from counsellors and other relationship experts? You want to hear about the "magic pill", about "5 easy steps", about "how to build a good relationship in 3 months", "how to make a man/woman fall for you" and so on. And of course the market duly dumps a pile of rubbish information on you, just to satisfy your demand. And you nod along, pleased and happy, and gladly hand over your money to be fooled one more time!