Your Relationship Coach Blog
A ‘privileged’ education?
"Is a 7 year old ready to leave home?" A strange question to ask, and if you are a parent I imagine your immediate thought was probably "no!" Boarding school - a privileged education? I believe its time to challenge the idea that spending two thirds of the year at a...
What’s YOUR Parenting Bueprint?
"I sound just like my mum/dad" With the arrival of a baby comes the arrival of a 'mummy' and a 'daddy'. OK, pretty obvious! However perhaps not so obvious is that these new roles instantly bring new baggage with them. They bring the couples own experience of being...
Ever thought your relationship was over?
A while back, Zoo’s Australian magazine were offering one ‘lucky’ man, who was ‘stuck in a busted marriage’, the chance to win a divorce, all expenses paid, with essentials for his new lifestyle thrown in; a top of the range TV, playstation, a cleaner and of course a...
Boarding school & its relational impact
Are you close to someone who was at boarding school as a child? A partner, sibling or parent? Do you know much about their time at school? Do you ever wonder about what impact the experience had and how it might affect their relationship with you? If you want to...
How Assumptions Stop Intimacy
This morning I've had to separate my twins for the whole day for the first time, leaving one in nursery and bringing the other home, as one is ill. They are only just 2 so whilst very aware of things will have a limited understanding of why this has happened. There...
Dadtastic.. appreciation for dads
After a lovely summer holiday and time together as a family our 3 boys are missing daddy (and so am I) now he is back at work and out of the house so much. It's a hard transition for him too, so he was chuffed to come home to find this T shirt awaiting him care of our...
8 Story styles for an easier life…
Are you sitting comfortably? Then I'll begin... Yes… telling the right kind of story makes all the difference. In the "The Leader's Guide to Storytelling", Stephen Denning, shares his experience from within the World Bank and how he identified 8 distinct categories of...
Dear Will & Kate, tips as new parents
Dear Will & Kate, Royal or not, babies change lives.. wonderfully, unexpectedly and beyond recognition.. but the best bit is that you are not alone as suddenly you are part of a club with other mums and dads who don't have a handbook either. Here are a...
Don’t fix me.. every woman’s wish?!
Its not about the nail.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4EDhdAHrOg. I love this video 😉 It's true. Men and women are different! Women tend to want to be listened to and their feelings heard, whilst men are usually more focused on going straight to a solution and...
Relationship truths you need to know
Think back to your childhood.. what did you grow up thinking about relationships? Personally, I grew up with romantic fairy tales of knights in shining armour rescuing damsels in distress, followed by happy-ever after high school films and chick flicks and elaborate...