Compromise should be a last resort for resolving differences in a relationship and here’s why: When you “compromise” you are giving up some of what you want/need to meet in the middle somewhere with your partner. If you do this often enough you will find yourself sacrificing too much to make the relationship work and will resent your partner and be unhappy. Here’s an example: In my first … [Read more...] about Four Alternatives to Compromise in a Relationship
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Dealing with Client Resistance in Life and Relationship Coaching
A professional coach doesn't psychoanalyze their client and interpret their behavior as "resistant," simple as that. The nuance here is that "resistance" happens, is more commonly caused inadvertently by the coach, and doesn't always mean the client has a problem that needs fixing. Just as "the customer is always right" you can assume that your client is always "right" and a reaction that you … [Read more...] about Dealing with Client Resistance in Life and Relationship Coaching
How to Refer for Therapy as a Professional Coach
In coaching we like to say "When in doubt, refer it out," but how? A trainee of Relationship Coaching Institute with a client exhibiting symptoms of severe postpartum depression asked "How do you handle referrals when your client lives in another state and you don't have any connections in their area?" and stimulated the following response addressing the nuances of making referrals for therapy as … [Read more...] about How to Refer for Therapy as a Professional Coach
FAQ: How do we help a couple struggling with ED, low sexual desire, sexual trauma, etc.?
Co-creating a fulfilling sexual relationship incorporating physical and emotional limitations is absolutely possible but more easily accomplished in an Advanced Partnership. A survivor of sexual abuse can move beyond their past experiences and trauma to have a fulfilling sexual relationship within an Advanced Partnership of love, connection, trust, and building up positive emotional and … [Read more...] about FAQ: How do we help a couple struggling with ED, low sexual desire, sexual trauma, etc.?
Coaching Tip: Convert Statements into Coaching Questions
The most common "uncoach-like" behavior displayed by trainees early in their coach training is to provide a suggestion or POV in response to their client's situation. Why? I understand that you really want to help and empathize with the impulse to simply blurt out what you think your client needs to do or understand, but leaving your coaching lane and dis-empowering your client to do so is simply … [Read more...] about Coaching Tip: Convert Statements into Coaching Questions
FAQ: Why do I need relationship coach training?
People who think they already know a lot about dating and relationships ask "Why do I need relationship coach training?" The short answer is that “Coaching” is a serious profession. The problem is that "coaching" is a common word in the English language that can mean many things and few outside of the coaching profession understand exactly what coaching is. A profession is commonly defined as an … [Read more...] about FAQ: Why do I need relationship coach training?
