Celebrating our 10 Year Anniversary! 1997 - 2007
Relationship Coaching News
February 2008
Editor- David Steele
Founder and CEO
Relationship Coaching Institute
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Conscious Dating:
Finding the Love of Your Life in Today's World
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Announcements
| 1 | F'ree Training: Introduction to Relationship Coaching | Wednesday Feb 13 |
| 2 | Conscious Dating Success Story of the Year Contest | Submission Deadline- Feb 10 |
| 3 | Second Edition of Conscious Dating Book | Now Available! |
| 4 | Advanced Conscious Dating Audio Programs | New! |
| 5 | Conscious Mating Audio Programs | New! |
F`REE TRAINING:
Introduction to Relationship Coaching
Wednesday, February 13th
9:00am pacific/Noon eastern
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 is a 90-minute tele-training that covers:
How to Coach Singles
- The Case for Relationship Coaching
- Five Stages of Relationship Coaching
- Top Ten Guidelines of Relationship Coaching
- Introduction to our ground-breaking Conscious Dating coaching program for singles
How to Coach Couples
- Important Facts about Couples
- Benefits of Committed Relationships
- Comparing Coaching and Therapy
- Commitment: The Path to Relationship Happiness?
- Coaching Committed vs. Pre-Committed Couples
- Solvable vs. Unsolvable Relationship Problems
- Seven Habits of Highly Successful Practitioners
- Top Five Secrets for Building a Successful Practice
- Top Five Tips for Marketing That Gets Results
- And more!
Your registration includes practical information and materials you can use immediately in your practice.
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Please share with your colleagues!
Conscious Dating Success Story of the Year Contest
For the two year anniversary of the publication of Conscious Dating: Finding the Love of your Life in Today's World on February 13, 2008 we'll announce the results of our second annual-
Conscious Dating
Success Story of the Year Contest
We're awarding an iPod Nano loaded with our best Conscious Relationship Audio Programs ($400.00 value) to the first and second place winners.
Check out last year's winners here
Submissions will be judged by the staff of Relationship Coaching Institute. To be eligible entrants must certify that they have read the Conscious Dating book. All submissions become property of Relationship Coaching Institute and by entering this contest entrants grant us permission to publish their story online and in print.
- Do you have a success story to share? Go immediately to www.consciousdating.com/contest.htm
- Know anyone with a success story to share? Please forward this announcement to them!
- Know a single who hasn't read Conscious Dating and is a success story in the making? With 6 months to go there is plenty of time to learn and apply the principles of Conscious Dating. Please send them to www.consciousdating.com
Let the contest begin!
Announcing- Second Edition of Conscious Dating Book!
The second edition of Conscious Dating has just been released. Here are some changes in the new edition-
- New sub-title- "Finding the Love of Your Life and the Life That You Love"
- "Conscious Dating" more clearly defined and explained in the Introduction
- Paperback (second edition is not available in hardback)
- "Dating Red Flags Checklist" added to Chapter 8
- Jeanette Ball's inspiring Conscious Dating Success Story of the Year added to the appendix
The impetus for the second edition was our distributor requiring a paperback version for placement in bookstores. As long as we were going to publish a paperback version, it seemed like a good idea to update the book with the new material developed since publication.
The first edition hardback and CD is still available on our website at www.consciousdating.com and Amazon.com.
The second edition is now available at BarnesandNoble.com and Amazon.com as well as bookstores around the country.
Announcing:
Conscious Mating Audio Programs
Is your client dating someone and wondering-
"Is this the right relationship for me?"
Our Conscious Mating Audio Programs provide detailed, comprehensive strategies for dating and mating, addressing all the relationship and decision-making challenges that arise when your client is in the pre-commitment stage of a relationship.
These audio programs are recorded from our live tele-seminars and include the MP3 audio file for playing on your computer, MP3 player (iPod or other), or burning onto a CD, AND a complete PDF transcript for following along and making notes.
Program #1- Is This the Right Relationship for Me? Introduction to the Pre-commitment Stage
Program #2- Am I Ready to Be a Couple?
Program #3- Finding Lasting Love by Experiencing Your Experience
Program #4- Should We Live Together?
Program #5- Dealing With Our Baggage
Program #6- Are We Compatible?
Program #7- Sharing Our Vision
Program #8- Deciding "Is This The One?"
Program #9- When We Must Say Goodbye
Check them out at www.ConsciousMatingAudio.com
Advanced Conscious Dating Strategies
These programs provide advanced information, strategies, and tips to help you to help your single clients.
Each program includes the MP3 audio recording, complete written transcript, and Study Guide to follow along and take notes.
Program #1- Are You Ready for Love?
Program #2- Being The Chooser
Program #3- Ten Steps for Finding Your Soul Mate
Program #4- Conscious Dating: How to Connect to Your Life Vision
Program #5- Conscious Dating for Boomers: Finding Love After 50
Program #6- Scouting: Where to Find Your Soul Mate
Program #7- Advanced Strategies for Sorting, Screening, and Testing
Program #8- Conscious Internet Dating: Using Your Computer to Find Your Soul Mate
Program #9-Conscious Dating at a Distance: What to Do When You're Attracted to Someone 1200 Miles Away
Check them out at www.ConsciousDatingAudio.com
Feature Article:
Conscious Dating for Single Parents
by David Steele
Below is a checklist and recommendations for use with single parents that you can use with your clients, developed by Annette Carpien and myself with input from RCI coaches.
Conscious Dating Checklist for Single Parents
1. I am able to prioritize my child(ren)'s needs as well as date.
2. My child(ren) support and encourage the idea of my dating.
3. My divorce and custody agreements are completed.
4. My custody schedule allows time for me to date without getting a
babysitter.
5. My family supports and encourages my dating.
6. My friends support and encourage my dating.
7. My relationship with my ex will not interfere with my dating.
8. I have a plan for introducing my new relationship into my child's life.
9. I have a plan for enforcing my sexual boundaries especially as they impact my children.
10. I’m aware of my child(ren)’s warning signs that their needs require my attention.
11. I’m aware of red flags related to my dating partner’s children and ex.
12. I understand blended family and step-parenting issues.
My questions about single parent dating for relationship coaching:
1. ___________________________________________________________
2. ___________________________________________________________
3. ___________________________________________________________
4. ___________________________________________________________
5. ___________________________________________________________
Conscious Dating for Single Parents-
Recommendations
1. When dealing with your child(ren)’s reactions to your dating it might be useful to distinguish between their needs and wants (e.g. they might want you not to date at all or get back together with your ex, and they might need quality time with you). You can help your children distinguish between and clarify their own needs and wants, as well as their fears and hopes related to your dating.
2. We recommend that you talk with your child(ren) about the idea of you dating before you actually date. Realize their reactions will most likely be ambivalent or mixed, but will provide an indicator of their openness and readiness for you to date that you can discuss with your coach.
3. General wisdom is to not introduce your children to your dates until you are both dating each other exclusively and becoming pre-committed as a final area for “testing.”
4. We recommend that your dates do not sleep over while your children are home at least until you’re in an exclusive relationship and your child is comfortable with your new partner.
5. We recommend that you impartially observe how your pre-committed partner interacts with his/her own children and your children, regarding:
a. possible negative/ harmful or neglectful treatment of own children.
b. preferential treatment of own children over your children when all are together
c. discipline; when rules are broken; use of authority with your children
d. values inconsistent with yours
6. We recommend that you carefully observe how your pre-committed partner interacts with his/her EX.
7. We recommend that you and your pre-committed partner become knowledgeable about blended families and step-parenting by reading books, taking classes, talking with other couples, and working with your coach to address the challenges ahead. FACT: Relationship failure and divorce is far higher for blended family situations.
8. General wisdom recommends the biological parent retain primary parenting responsibility and the step-parent start out being a friend and positive adult in your child’s life, support the primary parent (even when disagreeing), and gradually share some parenting roles as your child adjusts and accepts your new partner.
9. When behavioral issues arise we recommend the new step-parent set limits and speak firmly to your child as any adult might, and make requests of you for intervention and correction.
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- Conscious Dating for Relationship Success
- Conscious Mating: Is This the Right Relationship for Me?
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Best regards,
David Steele, MA, LMFT
Relationship Coach
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