Education Is Not the Answer. It’s the Beginning.

As part of the Monthly Connect Better Podcast Series we run at L2MCoaching (everyone is invited) once a month, a number of topics for discussion are suggested and this one is a popular request and I hope to do it justice: In relationships, one of the hardest conversations to have is the conversation about rejection, intimacy, emotional needs and unmet expectations. It is a sensitive subject because it can easily be misunderstood. When a partner says “no”, that “no” must be respected. No one...

Children learn from more than words. They learn from tone, habits, reactions, emotional safety, and what becomes normal around them. As parents, guardians and carers, we often focus on what we need to say to our children. We remind them to be kind, calm, honest, respectful and confident. Those messages matter, but children are learning from far more than direct instruction. They are also learning from the environment they grow up in. Children absorb more than advice. They take in the...

Emotional Responsibility, Boundaries, and the Power to Change Your Relationships “They made me angry.” “They triggered me.” “They always push my buttons.” We say these phrases so casually that we rarely stop to question them. But inside those everyday statements is something profound. When we say someone made us angry, we are quietly handing them control over our emotional world. We are suggesting that our internal state lives in someone else’s hands. And that leads to one powerful question:...