Q. What's really on your mate's wish list?

A. A great relationship with YOU!

Imagine what would happen if you never changed the oil in your car, never replaced the brake pads, or replenished the transmission fluid. Your vehicle would stall out or freeze up. The worst case scenario? Your engine would explode!

Relationships are a lot like cars – they require maintenance and care. In most cases, action-oriented, professional coaching can get a stalled relationship back in gear and on the right track. That’s the goal of the RELATIONSHIP TUNE-UP – a skill-based coaching program for couples (from pre-marital to empty-nesters). You’ll gain new insights and acquire useable tools for repairing and building a fulfilling and lasting relationship – all in a non-threatening , honest but uplifting format. The relationship tune-up has a positive and practical focus – there will be no shame, no blame, no games.

The goals of the tune-up are:

1. To identify your strengths as a couple and build new ones.
2. To identify habits, behaviors, and old patterns that are unproductive and make changes using concrete strategies.
3. To strengthen your communication skills, including assertiveness and active listening. Also, to learn one another’s preferred “ love language” and how to speak “I” to “I.”
4. To help you negotiate differences and resolve conflicts using a ten-step model.
5. To explore your relationship and Family-of-Origin using the Couple and Family Map.
6. To develop shared approaches to financial and family goals.
7. To work through tensions regarding spiritual beliefs, intimacy, vulnerabilities, or other matters in a kind and respectful way.
8. To understand better how your different temperaments and personalities can best compliment one another.
9. To write a mission statement for your relationship.

I’m looking forward to accompanying you on this journey as you empower yourselves to build a mature, lasting, and radiant union of mind, body, and spirit.