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Listening to Understand Has HUGE Pay-offs!
Showing Empathy Listening to Understand is similar to what is known as Reflective Listening, Mirroring, or Active Listening. What is shared is the practice of repeating back what you've heard the speaker saying. This reassures the speaker that you are, indeed,...
How Trustworthy Are You?
Respect is built on Trustworthiness. Are you trustworthy? Here are some common ways that you may be losing the trust, and therefore the respect of your loved ones or fellow teammates... Do You Do What You Say? Do you arrive home when you said you would? Are you...
Beliefs Created Your Current Relationship
It's Hard to Believe This! I understand that this concept is hard to believe. And yet, it's true. What we believe, even when it's deeply buried and unconscious, causes us only to notice events that support that belief. We only gather evidence that validates our...
The Family Inside of You
"What family?" you ask. We all have many voices inside, each with a good reason for being heard. How about the voice inside that either reacts loudly or withdraws in silence when your partner does something that offends you? That voice is attempting to defend you...
Feelings Create Connection
The Experience Diagram The Experience Diagram represents the parts that make up the whole of who we all are. Events are facts. Thoughts include perceptions, interpretations, beliefs, and opinions. In our American culture, those two sections of communication are where...
Journeys Into the Unknown
This time of year for those of us raised on singing Christmas Carols, We Three Kings of Orient Are is one that brings up fond memories of church candle-light services. A few years ago when feeling lost, the story of the three kings - the wisemen journey - took on...
What Clients Are Saying
Nancy; From Childhood to Relationship Coach
Respect is the Fertilizer for Love
How Can I Help Your Relationship With Yourself and Others?
I’m worried about being a “failure.”
We learn new skills by having them modeled for us or taking a class to learn. If you’ve had neither, how could you expect to know what to do? This is a courageous new step in seeking help, not in “failing” something you’ve never learned.
Do I have to do this with my partner?
We can work individually, though most of the time, I’ve found that it isn’t just one person creating the problem. When both people work together, there’s shared understanding, and practice, that makes these skills more effective.
I’m not sure if I’m ready for 1:1 relationship coaching.
I have a host of books, Relationship Rehab Show episodes, and courses to help you find the solutions you’re looking for, whether you desire to grow in your own skills, bond with a partner or heal family or stepfamily dynamics.
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