Relationship Coaching School Podcast Coaching Someone Whose Partner Isn’t Doing the Work - Jayson Gaddis - 535
Jul 16, 2025
32:52
How should you coach someone whose partner isn’t doing the work? Jayson breaks it down. How should coaches and therapists get their clients to focus on themselves? Should clients leave or stay with an impossible person? Why is it so important for clients to have their feelings validated? How can you help your clients take responsibility for not speaking up? Don’t miss this insightful look at a difficult situation.
Timestamps:
- 1:18 - Coaching someone whose partner isn’t doing the work
- 4:47 - Getting clients to focus on themselves
- 8:47 - Staying with an impossible person
- 10:35 - Leaving an impossible person
- 15:00 - You need to have your feelings validated
- 20:35 - Helping clients feel the sharp edge of the knife
- 24:00 - Why do clients get defensive about the partner they’re criticizing?
- 25:00 - Coaching your client to ask their partner to change
- 31:21 - Helping your clients take responsibility for not speaking up
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