Communication mastery can only happen when you focus on the process, not the content. Often, when I stress to clients the importance of being calm, grounded, and respectful when speaking to one another, their knee-jerk response is some version of, “Omg, no one talks like that.” And this is how the conversation goes from there: Lisa: […]
Transforming Your Relationships: From ‘Protecting Me’ to ‘Building We’
“Until you move from “protecting me” to “building we,” your relationships will struggle.” ~LMB Relationship struggles are seldom about issues—even though couples swear that the “issue” is the problem: We have no connection and no sex. We differ in our parenting. We are not aligned when it comes to spending and finances. The issues can run […]
Stop Playing by Harmful Gender Rules
“The old rules that place males and females in gender straight-jackets are devastating relationships. Change the rules.” ~ Lisa Merlo-Booth Many relationship issues stem from caustic gender “rules.” More men than you can imagine struggle with being emotionally connected after a lifetime of messaging telling them to “be tough,” don’t feel, and have sex with women but […]