http://www.hirecoach.com Driving Relationships & Self to a Higher Level through Life Coaching Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:38:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/17/communication-through-feedback-couple-differences-about-toilet-paper-on-a-shoe/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=communication-through-feedback-couple-differences-about-toilet-paper-on-a-shoe http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/17/communication-through-feedback-couple-differences-about-toilet-paper-on-a-shoe/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:42:21 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=446 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Imagine you attended a business event and spotted an acquaintance wearing an outstanding pair of shoes and— trailing toilet paper stuck to them. What would you do? When I coach couples with dissimilar communication styles, I pose this scenario to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/17/communication-through-feedback-couple-differences-about-toilet-paper-on-a-shoe/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/11/relationships-and-respect-words-in-anger-and-name-calling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=relationships-and-respect-words-in-anger-and-name-calling http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/11/relationships-and-respect-words-in-anger-and-name-calling/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 17:16:02 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=421 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } I joined the food ordering line behind a forty-ish fellow, who at that moment spun around. He first began glaring and then shouted in the direction of someone behind me. “You can’t insult ignorant people!” I turned in time to … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/11/relationships-and-respect-words-in-anger-and-name-calling/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/06/no-secrets-in-marriage-relationship-goal-or-loss-of-privacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=no-secrets-in-marriage-relationship-goal-or-loss-of-privacy http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/06/no-secrets-in-marriage-relationship-goal-or-loss-of-privacy/#comments Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:17:46 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=372 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Do you believe a great marriage is only built on no secrets? I think it depends on what you consider ‘secrets’. Each partner will always know more about themselves than does the other. We can think we know it all … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/06/no-secrets-in-marriage-relationship-goal-or-loss-of-privacy/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/01/tmi-in-relationships-have-anything-to-complain-about/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tmi-in-relationships-have-anything-to-complain-about http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/01/tmi-in-relationships-have-anything-to-complain-about/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:23:19 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=364 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Like me, you have probably heard people state they ‘have nothing to complain about’. I think they are wrong. We always have something that we could complain about—-if we wanted. Our lives are not perfect. On the other hand, there … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/02/01/tmi-in-relationships-have-anything-to-complain-about/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/25/marriage-improvement-and-nagging-for-change-tomatoes-cant-be-baseballs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marriage-improvement-and-nagging-for-change-tomatoes-cant-be-baseballs http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/25/marriage-improvement-and-nagging-for-change-tomatoes-cant-be-baseballs/#comments Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:20:10 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=355 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Have you gotten a melody, jingle, or phrase stuck in your brain that twists and resists purging? My recent struggle was with a message on a church marquee. Usually the sayings are corny ‘no duh’ platitudes.  I easily dismiss them; … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/25/marriage-improvement-and-nagging-for-change-tomatoes-cant-be-baseballs/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/22/couples-communication-if-hes-not-listening-are-you-communicating/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=couples-communication-if-hes-not-listening-are-you-communicating http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/22/couples-communication-if-hes-not-listening-are-you-communicating/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 03:29:03 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=329 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } This is kind of like the ‘tree-falling-in-the- woods’ question. You know… does anybody hear it? Consider the differences.  Simply talking is not communicating and hearing may not involve listening.  Don’t we ALL know that? Even bad communication requires a sender … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/22/couples-communication-if-hes-not-listening-are-you-communicating/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/18/sex-emotion-and-intimacy-are-you-sexy-to-your-wife/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-emotion-and-intimacy-are-you-sexy-to-your-wife http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/18/sex-emotion-and-intimacy-are-you-sexy-to-your-wife/#comments Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:51:39 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=293 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Sex is not a dirty word. Emotion is not wimpy. Intimacy is not a stupid buzzword. If you are not getting “enough” sexual attention from your wife, stop blaming her. Maybe you need to jump into bed with intimacy?  Have you … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/18/sex-emotion-and-intimacy-are-you-sexy-to-your-wife/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/15/relationships-mistakesdid-you-ever-bring-toothpicks-to-light-candles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=relationships-mistakesdid-you-ever-bring-toothpicks-to-light-candles http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/15/relationships-mistakesdid-you-ever-bring-toothpicks-to-light-candles/#comments Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:23:13 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=173 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Oddly, I did—- two weeks ago. At the last-minute, I purchased one of those sliced, variety cheesecakes for a birthday dinner. I grabbed skinny candles and a tiny slide open matchbox from my junk drawer, tossed them into the bag with … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/15/relationships-mistakesdid-you-ever-bring-toothpicks-to-light-candles/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/10/do-you-like-being-married/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-you-like-being-married http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/10/do-you-like-being-married/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 02:33:13 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=79 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Dr. Martin Luther King is quoted as stating that “There is no more lovely, friendly and charming relationship, communion or company than a good marriage.” Nevertheless, there are too many people who do not like their marriages—-for one reason or … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/10/do-you-like-being-married/feed/ 0 http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/09/what-have-you-done-for-yourself-lately/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-have-you-done-for-yourself-lately http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/09/what-have-you-done-for-yourself-lately/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:58:00 +0000 Dr. Patt http://www.hirecoach.com/?p=59 #followform { padding-top:5px; text-align:left; } Hopefully, you can immediately answer my question with a self enriching response. If you have to dig back for more than week, you are running on fumes. And if you have not thought of anything yet, you are out of … Continue reading →]]> http://www.hirecoach.com/2012/01/09/what-have-you-done-for-yourself-lately/feed/ 0