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This episode tells the strange path I took to becoming a relationship mentor for high-performing leaders: People whose relationships were already great INSISTED that I help them make their marriages even better! I’ve learned so much from my clients that runs counter to other marriage guidance and that’s helped elevate my own marriage. In this episode, I’m boiling down the love lessons I’ve learned from high-performance leaders.
In this episode:
You’ll learn why common “marriage guru” advice often doesn’t meet all the needs of busy, ambitious leader couples
I’ll share how my favorite executive coaching clients talked me into relationship coaching (even though I didn’t think they needed it, at first!)
I’ll share the 12 keys my clients with already-great relationships have taught me can unlock an amazing relationship for life, and that you can use solo
And more.
Join the conversation by listening, then share your story or response on our voicemail at 206-659-9865 or inside our free Conscious Couples’ Circle on Mighty Networks.
"The best marriages unplug us from clocks every day. They build a shelter from the busy world and from the culture. They create a place in which both partners can fully come alive the way we did when we were new lovers."
- Michele Lisenbury Christensen
It would astonish me when those same leaders whose marriages were the strongest, who made the best use of my leadership coaching, were the ones who turned to me unbidden to talk about their marriages "relationship experts" who got that way by helping people whose relationships are struggling will teach tools designed to help you cope with relationship struggles. My Legacy Love Process - learned from coaching high-performance people who had great relationships - teach you how to go from good to great in love and sex.
The strongest couples seek the most support.
“Our culture pushes us to be in our heads, thinking and talking and watching and absorbing through screens, To have the love and the pleasure we really want, we need to be in touch with the energy and sensations of our bodies and with our needs for rest, food, nature, movement, sex, and transcendence.”
“The best marriages unplug us from clocks every day. They build a shelter from the busy world and from the culture. They create a place in which both partners can fully come alive the way we did when we were new lovers.”
The happiest couples really focus on their own individual relationship skills.
Hot Moments in This Episode:
The difference between leaders whose big jobs put their relationships on the back burner and leaders who excel both in their careers and their marriages 2:23
At first, I was stumped when people with great marriages asked for marriage coaching from me, their executive coach 3:32
A paradox about which couples seek the most support. 4:28
Growth driven leaders seek growth everywhere. 6:45
Satisfying relationships have weaknesses, difficult relationships have strengths 8:02
Intense people, powerful people have different relationship challenge 9:14
The very best marriages are deeply subversive 11:44
The individual keys to relationship happiness 13:50
Thank you so much for listening. I'm Michele Lisenbury Christensen. I hope you can see some of yourself in these habits of the happiest people in relationship, and that you’ll find one or two new ideas you’re inspired to act upon to build even more strength and ease in your relationship.
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If you want support and guidance from me to create the kind of love and s€x you dream of having, and to clear out any muck that blocks you from that experience, reach out.
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