Are you engaged or in a serious relationship

contemplating marriage or moving in together?

This is your chance to invest in your relationship,

and your future happiness.

Relationship Coaching is not just about solving problems after people are married or living together, so I also coach couples before they tie the knot or make the commitment to be life-long partners, referred to as Pre-Marital Preparation.

Although Coaching is not therapy it is said to be highly therapeutic and will cover many things to help you as individuals and as a couple to give your relationship the best start possible by building a strong foundation.

Main Issues covered are:

• Communication
• Managing Differences
• Conflict Resolution Styles
• Self-Esteem
• Emotional Reactions
• Self-Care
• Inter-Dependence
• Values
• Beliefs
• Expectations
• Sex & Intimacy
• Friendship
• Affection  
• Childhood Wounds
• In-Laws
• Trust
• The 'Ex' factor
• Personality 'Types'
• Transition to Married Life
• (Step)Parenthood

                                      
Don’t just build a pretty outside,

do the work on the inside of your relationship…

     

because that's what will make or break your marriage!

Pre-marital Preparation = more than planning a wedding day!

To have a strong foundation for your relationship/marriage,

personal growth & development is required...

Which often means personal change...

individually, from within.

The better you understand yourself, the better you can understand and accept others... and the more your relationship will flourish.

Here's a little exercise I'll call: Are you the one I love?

Do people make comments like, "you bring the best out in each other"? That often seems to happen in the beginning of a relationship because each person is putting their best self forward to make a good impression.

The problem with that is that after the wedding, as you each settle into the marriage and relax, things can change. The newness wears off, daily life takes hold and suddenly one or both of you stops being on your best behavior... and suddenly someone is wondering who they married.

A great exercise to do, once you have established that you are going to be a committed couple, is to make a detailed list of what you like best about each other. Then study that list to see if that is the way you each always are, or if it is something you are doing just to look good.  This takes some real honesty with oneself as well as with each other, and is therefore, not always an easy thing to do... but it's really important.

Side note: The loving couple cutting the wedding cake, in the top left photo, are my eldest daughter and son-in-law. Don't they look great?