| Straight Talk Blog
Coaching for individuals
Nobody should settle for a dumb relationship and nobody has to settle. If you’re accepting the unacceptable, blowing up to get what you want, or seeking refuge outside your committed relationship, then chances are you’re not happy. Perhaps it’s time to learn new skills that actually get you what you want and help you create a peaceful, nourishing, fun relationship.
Lisa works with individual men and women (as well as couples) to help them take the steps they need to create the relationships they want. Lisa is committed to helping individuals stop settling for relationships they’re not happy in and learn to create relationships that fuel them — with their partners, children, friends, and co-workers.
| Coaching for Women
Women often struggle to balance a thousand things at once and neglect their own needs. They have a hard time saying no, and taking care of themselves. They find it difficult to set limits in their relationships while remaining authentic. They forget to reserve time aside for themselves. They hesitate to ask for what they want, let alone fight for what they need in a strong AND relational way.
Women have a tendency to either over-shoot or undershoot when it comes to their needs. As a result, they either accept things they shouldn’t or they put their foot down so hard they leave an earthquake in their wake.
Lisa helps women learn how to be more effective in their relationships with their spouses, colleagues, friends, and family. She knows how to bring out the best in people and teaches them to bring out the best in themselves. She works with women to find their voice and use it effectively. She is committed to teaching women to stand behind their beliefs, wants and needs, using a quiet, grounded, strength that is more nuanced and powerful than either silence or rage.
| Coaching for Men
Few men have been taught how to be relational in their lives. Many have learned over the years to be tough, strong, and unemotional. Subsequently, they often struggle with issues pertaining to emotional intimacy, anger, rage, poor communication, control, and connection. They’re often tired of their partner’s constant complaints and criticisms and aren’t sure they will ever be able to please them.
Lisa works with men to learn the skills necessary to have healthy relationships. She helps men warm up at home and enjoy connecting conversations rather than seeing them as a chore. She shows them how to hold their partners accountable in an effective way that leads to results — rather than in a bullying or passive-aggressive way that inhibits solutions. She builds on men’s strengths and teaches them skills that help their marriages, their relationships with their children, and their business relationships and performance.