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Tips for Christmas

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Deciding what’s important

What would change if you decided to do Christmas differently this year?
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Who is coming for Christmas?

Are you spending time with the people you love this Christmas?
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Who is coming for Christmas?

One of the major ‘stressors’ at Christmas is spending time with people it’s not easy to be with.
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The cost of Christmas

We can all acknowledge that Christmas has become commercialised -  and seems to start earlier every year!
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Leaving one person to pick up the lion’s share of the work is a recipe for exhaustion, resentment and short tempers.
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Coping with the day

The best laid plans of mice and men do not allow for things going wrong at emotionally charged times like Christmas.  
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We originally wrote Tips for Christmas as a series of 5 articles each with their own FREE Resource Pack.

Click on each of the links in the ‘presents’ below to read the articles or go straight to ‘Resources’  to download all 5 packs.  

Sharing the load

Did you know - Divorce Lawyers and Marriage Counsellors expect  a significant increase in calls for help every January?

What goes wrong?

Christmas is a time when relationships come under strain - and often because we haven’t taken the time to discuss what we want to have happen to make our Christmas plans come true.

We each bring to Christmas our own unique memories of Christmas past. Some of these are warm and fuzzy. Some are tinged with pain and sadness. Some make us laugh out loud. Some make us cry bitter tears. They all influence our thoughts and expectations for this year.

As specialist relationship coaches we often find couples are not on the same page when it comes to major events such as holidays and Christmas. We too often assume our spouse or partner knows what's important to us at these special times, so is it any wonder that tempers are frayed when things don’t go just the way we’d like and our partner doesn’t seem to care.

Take these 5 simple steps to a better Christmas

We’ve put together 5 articles (listed in the left column) with FREE supporting exercises and resource sheets. Read them to collect some practical ideas, which will help you avoid the pain and enjoy the pleasure of this Christmas.

Each Resource Pack includes exercises and information on:

• how to set up the ‘meeting’
  Timing and state of mind is everything
• What to watch out for that may limit the time
  Football starts in 20 minutes
• An outline agenda to provide structure
  I know that seems a bit formal but Christmas is a major time for relationship breakdowns so take it seriously to preserve and strengthen yours
• The tools and equipment needed
  Pens, paper and a smile
• The questions to ask each other
  This is really important
• How to listen to the answers constructively
  This is even more important

You’ve nothing to lose and maybe lots to gain. Click on the five presents on the left of this page to find ways to make your Christmas 2011 just the way you’d like it to be.

Happy Christmas
Nigel and Jenny Heath

How to stop Christmas knocking
the stuffing out of your relationship

Getting to the Heart of the Issue

1 day intensives for couples

Christmas and the end of the year is often a time when people reflect on their future happiness.

Perhaps you’re making plans for the future and face some difficult decisions. Or maybe you’ve realised your relationship isn’t everything you’d like it to be.  

We have put together a series of special coaching days to help couples fast-track their issues. On these you will work out effective solutions to your problems and create a plan to kick start the rest of your life - whether together or apart. Click here to find out more.

Contact us now and book the intensive that’s right for you.

Make it your New Year Resolution to break through to the life you want with the person you want to spend it with.

Cracker joke

Man to wife - “Darling what would you like for Christmas?”
 

Wife -  “I want a divorce!”
 

Man - “Oh! I wasn’t thinking of spending quite that much!”