The Intimacy Short Circuit
From 15 years to 1… I’d been with my previous partner for close to 15 years. This article isn’t really about that relationship. I just mention it to illustrate how out of touch I am when it comes to new relationships. I expected my current partner to just “know” that I hate mushrooms, am a [read more]
Resolve to be Less “Nice” & Set Better Boundaries for the New Year
January is the month for setting goals and intentions for the new year. It can also be about learning to set new boundaries. Some people think of boundaries as negative things, ways of keeping people out of something…but really, boundaries are for protecting yourself, they’re there to keep you and yours safe and sacred, even [read more]
“Pass the Carbs, Please.”
Oh, the Holidays. They can mean so many different things to so many different people. It can be about the warmth and comfort of being with family. It can be about making your own traditions with your own unconventional, modern family. It can be about just getting through it with a carefully planned, tactical playbook, [read more]
Crafting Chosen Family Traditions Can Help Dispel Holiday Blues
A client once told me a story about how she learned to deal with her holiday-related loneliness and depression. Once upon a time, this client (let’s call her Sara) fell in love with a man…and a woman. She married the man, and kept the girlfriend (with her husband’s consent and approval). At one point, they [read more]
Your Secret Remedy Against Heartbreak
We hear so many stories about women breaking other womens’ hearts. For instance: Jill broke up with Nadine just weeks before their wedding, with no explanation. Felicity let Keisa support her through years in prison, then dumped her for someone else when she got out. Laurie asked Evan to put their relationship “on hold” while [read more]
What is Relationship Coaching?
Relationships bring us to life! When our connection with others is meaningful and fulfilling, everything else is better. The good things mean more, and the challenges are not as hard. Great relationships also invite us to grow and even the best relationships have challenges. Our closest personal or intimate relationships require skills and behaviors such as openness, honesty and healthy vulnerability. Society often doesn't give people healthy role models or safe places to learn how to … [read more]
Find a LGBT Relationship Coach
Relationship Coaching can help. By working one-on-one or in a group program with an LGBT relationship coach, you can develop the skills you need to have healthier and more meaningful connections and successful, lasting, intimate relationships. The LGBT relationship coaches listed here all have had coach training, all identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, and all want to support relationship success in the GLBT community. Some have more in depth experience and training as … [read more]
