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Relationship Coaching News
February 2005

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In this issue:

  1. Announcements
  2. Welcome New RCI Coaches
  3. Congrats
  4. Feature Article: "Principles of Conscious Relationship"
  5. Invitations

Announcements

  1. Free Training Begins February 1st
  2. New! Free bridge lines for RCI members
  3. New! Got questions? Instant chat feature on RCI website
  4. Free Tele-seminar Feb 2nd- "Getting Clients from Speaking Engagements"
  5. 8-Week "How to Get Clients Full Practice Training" starts March 2nd
  6. Free "Miracle of Connection" teleclass series
  7. The Best Couples Workshop in the World
  8. RCI Conference Calls
  9. New partnership with The Couples Workstation
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1. Free TRAINING BEGINS FEBRUARY 1ST

Learn how to coach singles, couples, and develop a successful Relationship Coaching practice, taught by RCI founder David Steele and his teaching staff.

"Introduction to Relationship Coaching"- 3 one-hour teleclasses, Tuesdays, Feb 1, 8, 15, 2005; 9:00am pacific/Noon eastern.

-Feb 1: Class #1: How to Coach Singles
-Feb 8: Class #2: How to Coach Couples
-Feb 15: Class #3: How to Build a Successful Relationship Coaching Practice

Each class includes practical information and materials you can use immediately in your practice.

Please share with your colleagues! Register here.

Can't make our training dates/times? Each class is recorded for those unable to attend, and we also offer an ON-LINE VERSION.

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2. FREE BRIDGE LINES FOR RCI MEMBERS

RCI members now have access to unlimited bridge lines for your teleclasses and conference calls. To schedule, simply e-mail

Non-members can use our bridge lines for $10.00 per hour by going to our Resource Catalogue

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3. NEW! INSTANT CHAT FEATURE ON RCI WEBSITE

Got a question? When our webmaster completes installation in the next few days, members and non-members will be able to connect with us live (via text chat window) when we are online, and can leave a message if we are offline. Cool!

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4. Free TELE-SEMINAR WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 2ND

GETTING CLIENTS FROM SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
with Master Sales Trainer, Eric Lofholm

Wednesday, February 2, 2005
9:00am pacific / Noon eastern

This seminar will cover how to use speaking engagements, either in person or over the telephone in teleclasses and conference calls, to effectively generate leads and get clients.

Don't miss this seminar- put it on your calendar today!

No need to register. This seminar is Free for subscribers of our free monthly practice-building newsletter GETTING CLIENTS

To subscribe and receive your invitation to this seminar, please visit http://www.buildingyouridealpractice.com

Please share with your colleagues!

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5. 8-WEEK FULL PRACTICE TRAINING STARTS MARCH 2ND

If you do not yet have a full practice, this program is for you!

You must survive before you can thrive. To survive in private practice you must master the skills and strategies for getting clients.

This 8-week program includes:

  • Weekly one-hour teleclass, Wednesdays 3pm pacific/6pm eastern
  • Step-by-step assignments
  • E-mail discussion list for support and feedback
  • Supplemental audio recordings for missed classes, more info
  • E-version of the "How to Get Clients Toolkit."

A past participant comments:

"Getting Clients is not as easy as it should be! This program helped me learn the skills I needed to successfully fill my practice, and provided invaluable support & guidance for implementing these skills in my business."
-- Tera McHugh, Life Coach, Castaic, CA

Please join us!

Wednesdays, March 2nd - April 20th 3:00pm pacific / 6:00pm eastern

For more information and to register, please visit http://www.buildingyouridealpractice.com/fullpracticetraining.html

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6. Free MIRACLE OF CONNECTION TELECLASS SERIES

Sponsored by Relationship Coaching Institute Featuring Hedy Schleifer

Program #1: Growing Our Passion
Recorded January 12, 2005

Program #2: Embracing Our Differences
Friday, February 11, 2005 10:00am pacific/1:00pm eastern

Program #3: Achieving Fulfillment
Thursday, March 24, 2005 10:00am pacific/1:00pm eastern

To listen to the audio recording of Program #1, and to access the other two seminars in this series, register here.

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7. THE BEST COUPLES WORKSHOP IN THE WORLD

"Adventures in Intimacy" is conducted all over the world by Hedy and Yumi Schleifer, and I can state with confidence, it is the best workshop for couples that I know.

Once again, I am sponsoring Hedy and Yumi to give their workshop for couples in my area, Northern California, April 15-17, 2005. Maggie and I will be there too!

If you are familiar with Hedy and Yumi, you know how special they are and how powerful their work is. What you may not know is that they have radically revised their workshop far beyond their "Imago" roots. Listening to Hedy's "Miracle of Connection" audio program will make that very clear.

If you are in a relationship, it is worth whatever it takes to attend this workshop with your partner.

More information here.

If you know any couples who might be interested, please pass this along to them.

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8. RCI COACH CONFERENCE CALLS

~ February 1; Singles Coaching with Lynne Michelson
~ February 15; Couples Coaching with Linda Marshall
~ EVERY WEDNESDAY; RCI Member Support Tele-Forum with David Steele

Our conference calls are FREE to RCI Coaches, and fall on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month, 2:00pm pacific/5pm eastern. The RCI Member Support Forum meets Wednesdays at 11am pacific/2pm eastern. A reminder including the bridge # is sent prior to each call on our listserv.

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9. NEW PARTNERSHIP WITH COUPLES WORKSTATION

RCI has partnered with Dr. Gary Brainerd to provide training for offering "The Couples Workstation" to your clients, waiving normal startup fees for RCI members.

The Couple's Workstation can:
- Provide a helpful supplement to your work with couples
- Help market your services to prospective clients
- Provide passive income from your website

The Couple's Workstation is a website that uses technology to help couples understand the reasons for their conflicts and teaches them how to function more effectively, and is an excellent supplement to their work with you in coaching or therapy. Also, couples that are not your clients can sign up through your website to use the Couples Workstation, which can be a source of passive income for you.

If you're interested, reserve Thursdays, February 17, 24 and March 3, 2-3:30pm pacific, 5-6:30pm eastern for our training with Dr. Brainerd.

More information here in our member area at (password protected)

Welcome New RCI Coaches!

The following professionals recently joined our ranks:

Robert Bilton, Ph.D., Winnepeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jean Charles, MA, Blairstown, NJ
Joan Falk, Ph.D., New Rochelle, NY
Cathy Hazzlerigg, MA, Las Vegas, NV
Linda Schache, Aldinga, South Australia

Congrats to our latest certified relationship coaches:

CONGRATS TO Ariana Gee (East Sussex, UK) for publishing her first book "BE YOUR OWN LOVE COACH." She sent me an advance copy and it looks great! (Not yet available in the US).

CONGRATS TO Paul and Layne Cutright (Sante Fe, NM) who
write:

"We moved from San Diego - Carlsbad, actually - to Santa Fe, New Mexico last October. We lived here in the early and mid '80's and always wanted to return, feeling Santa Fe to be our spiritual home. Finally, our Internet businesses - http://www.enlightenedpartners.com and http://www.heartwired.com - have liberated us from living in a large urban area. That was a dream and goal of ours when we first started moving our seminar business to the virtual world and it's now come true!"

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Our coaches are certainly committed, talented, and making things happen! It is my honor to be part of this community that is making such a difference in the lives and relationships of others.

Have a win you would like to share? Any graduates from your RCI coaching 'find the love of their life and the life that they love?' Please pass it on and we'll celebrate it!

Principles Of Conscious Relationship

by David Steele

In this article I would like to summarize key points made by Hedy Schleifer in a seminar she conducted for the first of our three "Miracle of Connection" seminars.

Presented on January 12th, this was truly an amazing seminar. We received comments such as-

"THIS IS THE BEST CLASS I'VE EVER ATTENDED!"

"Now I know why everyone adores Hedy so much. Today's call was simply magical. I had goosebumps the entire time."

At the end of this article is a link to access a 52 minute audio recording of this seminar. Highly recommended!

FIVE ASSUMPTIONS FOR RELATIONSHIPS

Hedy shared the following five assumptions she and Yumi make about committed relationships:

  1. We grow and heal in the crucible of our relationship."Therapy" doesn't work well for relationships because the relationship IS the therapy.
  2. A relationship is not a problem to be solved; it is an adventure to embrace.
  3. Conflict is a friend, an opportunity for growth and connection.
  4. A relationship is a laboratory for the "Relational Maturity" of two adults.
  5. The higher mission of a relationship is to reclaim our wholeness. We choose a partner perfectly suited for this task, even if we appear incompatible.

SEVEN PRINCIPLES FOR CONSCIOUS RELATIONSHIP

  1. Our relationship happens in the space between us. True connection happens when we empty ourselves and cross the bridge to meet our partner.
  2. Everything your partner says in the present is a child attempting to tell their story.
  3. We are energy that can be expressed positively or negatively.
  4. Your partner's bewildering behavior is an existential cry for help.
  5. Every frustration is a double-gift for the relationship.
  6. Liberating our joy into our space re-romanticizes our relationship.
  7. Fulfillment comes from dreaming our largest dreams together.

THE THIRD OPTION

"When it seems there are only two alternatives; pick the third"
-- Hedy's Dad
"Beyond 'right-thinking' and 'wrong-thinking' there is a field. I'll meet you there."
-- Rumi

Our relationship lives in the space between us; in the hyphen between the "I" and the "Thou" in our "I-Thou" relationship.

In a relationship, we must "honor the 'otherness' of the other" and assume we are two separate people, and "cross the bridge into the country of our partner."

When we honor the "otherness" of our partner and empty ourselves to "cross the bridge" we are honoring the space between us, which then becomes warm, loving, inviting, and passionate.

©2005 by Relationship Coaching Institute / All rights reserved
http://www.relationshipcoachinginstitute.com

Invitations:

  • I invite you to share your announcements, wins, coaching or practice tips with the rest of us. Be visible! Let's connect! Send them to me at
  • I invite you to share this newsletter with a colleague. There is a tremendous need for our services, and we need to work together. Relationship Coaching is in its infancy, and we must collaborate to build our market niche and position as a resource of wide appeal for anyone who wants a successful relationship. To pass the word about us to a friend or colleague, please visit http://www.buildingyouridealpractice.com/tellafriend.html
  • I invite you to join our on-line community of helping professionals.
  • I invite you to listen to the following introductory recordings 24 hours a day at your convenience online. (some are also available by telephone):
    • Introduction to Relationship Coaching
    • Finding The Love Of Your Life AND The Life That You Love
    • Conscious Dating For Relationship Success
    • All About RCI
    • Practice Building Intensive (sample conference call)
    • Radical Thoughts on Converting Prospects to Clients
    • How To Design Compelling Marketing Strategies That Attracts Clients
    • And more!
  • I invite you to get the support you need to be successful in your practice. We are available for information, training, ideas, mentor coaching, etc.
  • If you are a coach or therapist who received this from a colleague, I invite you to visit our web site and contact us for information on joining us and becoming a RelationshipCoachingInstitute Relationship Coach. Ask about getting a free copy of our introductory audiotape, and about our free teleclasses.
  • To subscribe to this newsletter, our newsletter for SINGLES, or our newsletter for COUPLES, or our PRACTICE BUILDING newsletter, see this page.
  • For a description of RCI relationship coaching trainings, schedule, and enrollment info, visit http://www.relationshipcoachinginstitute.com

How do you like our newsletter? Your feedback is welcome! Until next time....

Best regards,
David Steele, MA, LMFT
Relationship Coach
CEO and Founder of Relationship Coaching Institute

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