Relationship Control Issues: Too Controlling or Being Controlled?
Control issues can cripple a relationship. Here are 3 new ways to see control so you can get out of the struggle and move toward love…
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A Case Study: 3 Ways to Uncover Unspoken Expectations
Unspoken expectations can ruin relationships of all kinds–and we all have them. Here’s how one of our coaching clients uncovered hers and created a deeper connection with someone important to her in the process… Judith was wound up in a tangled web of anger and …
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Differences and Expectations (and How They Screw Up Relationships)
One of the biggest challenges in relationships is always the fact that we’re different from each other–with different beliefs, experiences and ways of doing things. Because of these differences, we can set up expectations of the other people in our lives that make connection, love …
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How Your Communication Builds or Destroys Trust
It’s a fact that communication builds or destroys trust in every moment. One of the tricks to building trust instead of destroying it is this… Be clear in your communication. *Be as clear as you can when you’re talking or writing… *Be as clear as …
3 Ways to Open Up About Your Feelings When You’re Anxious
You’ve probably heard the quote and the book by the same name by Susan Jeffers… “Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway” When you want to open up about your feelings but don’t feel like you can… It can be an insurmountable mountain to climb …
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When you’re uncomfortable opening up about your feelings…
Sometimes and in some situations, it IS uncomfortable opening up about your feelings–to yourself as well as to other people. You may not want to feel certain feelings–but you do. Whether it’s that you love someone, have fallen out of love with someone, there’s something …
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Dealing with Differences: When to Accept Them and When Not to
One of the biggest challenges that every couple faces in relationships is dealing with differences. We all butt up against differences in our relationships because everyone on the planet, all seven and a half billion of us, is different. We have different thoughts, beliefs, and …
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If You or Your Partner is Emotionally Checking Out of the Relationship…
It can feel very lonely and upsetting when you slowly realize that either you or your partner is emotionally checking out of the relationship. You can make up all kinds of stories as to why it’s happening but the truth is that you probably don’t …
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When Saying What’s on Your Mind is a Bad Idea
Saying what’s on your mind seems like a good idea but is it? Here Susie and Otto tell Tori’s story and give 3 valuable communication tips…
Navigating Through Make-or-Break Moments in Relationships
Most people think that make-or-break moments in relationships and life are always the big “Oh Sh_t” moments… The getting struck by lightning kind of realizations and discussions that rock your world. Make-or-break moments can be those turn-your-world-upside-down kind of events and your response to what …
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