Relationship & Lifestyle Coaching Blog
Laurie Ellington Relationships & Life Coaching Advice: “How To Shift a Negative Experience Into A Positive One Quickly And Powerfully”
Laurie Ellington, Relationship Coach & Life Coach, Offers Coaching Tips to Help People Empower Their Life and Their Relationships /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Here is a quick tip for anyone who is curious about...
Life Coaching & Relationship Advice: Needs vs. Desires
Laurie Ellington, Relationship Coach & Life Coach, Offers Coaching Tips to Help People Empower Their Life and Their Relationships /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In romantic relationships, we often confuse desires...
Relationship & Life Coaching Tip: How Do I Deal With Drama In My Relationships?
Laurie Ellington, Relationship Coach & Life Coach, Offers Coaching Tips to Help People Empower Their Life and Their Relationships /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Drama can find its way into any kind of relationship....
What Insights Can I Gain From a Relationship Coaching Session?
What insights can I gain from a Relationship Coaching Session? Laurie Ellington, Relationship Coach & Life Coach, Offers Coaching Tips to Help People Empower Their Life and Their Relationships...
What Does a Typical Relationship & Lifestyle Coaching Session Look Like?
What Does a Typical Relationship & Lifestyle Coaching Session Look Like? Each session is unique: Clients come to me with specific goals in mind. They are looking for support. Many have unanswered questions and they want to talk with someone who has experience...
Relationship Agreements: How to create and how to keep agreements with yourself and with others
Here’s an interesting situation taken from a recent Coaching Session: I was talking with a client (a couple) the other day. They were struggling with communication. The main desire for the session was to talk about agreements and boundaries. The story went like...
What’s Your Love Language?
It’s the day after Valentine’s and I find myself genuinely curious… How was it for you? Was it all that you wanted? Did you receive a special something from that special person? Did you not receive something, although you secretly wanted that to happen? Does it...
Discovering the “Sweet Spot”
Have you ever gotten a taste of the "Sweet Spot?" You know, the place where everything just feels right, centered, balanced? For me, it feels like a quiet energizing hum, centered in my heart that reverberates throughout my entire body. It's a yummy place. I feel...
Creating Connection In Your Relationships
Have you ever found yourself lost in your thoughts? By “lost” I mean there’s more attention on what you’re saying, the thoughts and story, rather than on the person with whom you’re sharing the story, or the connection between you and that person. I know for myself, I...
Are You Loving and Accepting Yourself?
I found myself in therapy earlier this week. (Yes, coaches need therapy too!). I hit the jackpot with a sweet young woman from the Austin Mindfulness Center. The core of their work is mindfulness and acceptance of ourselves with committed action to values that serve...
Validation Is Not Submission
Validation is not submission. This hit home for me the other day when I was talking with a client who having a heated moment with his partner. In the story he was sharing, it became clear to me that he held a belief that if he validated his partner’s feelings, he was...
Breakthroughs in Coaching
Wow! Another breakthrough in my coaching practice. I am amazed how clients come to me with the very issues I am dealing with/wanting to shift in my own life. Today’s client spoke of inaction, a feeling of passivity, getting stuck, unable to move forward. His...
The Magic of Elephants
Have you ever heard of an “elephant in the room”? What about an “elephant in the closet”? I’m referring to the things that are unspoken between two or more people. The moments when everyone is certain something is there, something unspoken is lying dormant, just...
It’s All About Communication
Communication, communication, communication… It’s all about COMMUNICATION. When we are able to share what is real for us, in the moment, anything is possible. When we are able to express our inner most desires, despite the fears that may come up, we give ourselves an...
Ready to Deal with Emotions?
I woke up this morning with an incredible amount of energy, and with an awareness of how familiar this energy felt for me. The difference was that today I was not looking to put a story on it, in fact, the mere thought of labeling with a thought/feeling/or story...
The Truth Is… Love > Fear
I am continuously moved by how often I see myself, and others, choose to be quiet, and hold back in expressing what is going on in the moment. So often I hear people say they can’t say or do certain things because they don’t want to upset their partner. What I have...