I watched the movie few days ago; I reluctantly recognized myself in each of the characters in the story, with a mixture of amusement and bitterness… what a strange century we live in, where reading each other’s signs has become so much more complex, when the familiar structures of social exchanges are no longer reliable, and the chances to really connect with someone seem to be so rare… You might find this odd, but when I seek to consult a map of emblematic interactions between men and women, rather than observing more contemporary samples of behavior, I like to read Jane Austen novels. It’s all in there! The hopes, the delusional fantasies, the deceptions, the passion, the soulmates, the pride, (and the lack of pride!), the selfless devotion… Two centuries have gone by, and we are still acting according to the same scripts: we might be texting each other on our smartphones, rather than sending handwritten notes to be delivered by a faithful maid or a footman, but the messages reflect the same actualities. He loves me, he loves me not. The unsaid truths, the feelings unconfessed for fear or pride, the misunderstandings, the betrayals, the happy endings… I recommend it to everyone: if you want to disidentify from your own love drama, get yourself some Jane Austen. It really takes the edge off, to see how iconic certain roles are – which brings your drama back into perspective. And sometimes taking the edge off is all we need: to look at our issues with some humor, and with a willingness to accept our part of responsibility. The result is often very surprising: the partner that had been withdrawing might come closer again, an attachment that we could not let go of just naturally dissolves, leaving space for new opportunities… a psychic reading can help you to re-examine your relationship with fresh eyes, to illustrate the roles of your love game and disidentify from them, and most important of all, to be objective and realistic in your perception.