Relationship Coaching School Podcast Coaching Someone Whose Partner Isn’t Doing the Work - Jayson Gaddis - 535
Jul 16, 2025
Explore how to coach individuals with partners who resist growth. Discover strategies for helping clients focus on their personal journey. Delve into the tough choices of staying with or leaving an 'impossible' partner. Learn the vital need for emotional validation and why clients often get defensive about their relationships. Gain insights on encouraging personal responsibility and communication, empowering clients to take charge of their happiness.
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Shift Focus to Client's Feelings
- When coaching, shift focus from criticizing the partner to exploring the client's feelings and personal responsibility.
- Help clients articulate their emotions triggered by the partner's behavior to empower them to change internally.
Empower Clients' Relationship Choices
- Help clients choose consciously to either stay and manage with an unchangeable partner or to leave.
- Support them in making empowered decisions without imposing what to do.
Self-Betrayal in Unrepaired Relationships
- Staying with a partner who won’t repair emotional harm amounts to self-betrayal.
- Clients often live contradictory feelings wanting to be known yet accepting neglect.