Relationship Coaching School Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Clinical psychologist Alexandra Solomon joins Jayson to offer valuable advice for therapists and coaches. What are the unique challenges of working with men in couples work? How should therapists and coaches manage countertransference? What common issues are individuals bringing to therapy these days? And how can therapists help people most effectively? Find the answers to these questions—and more—in this insightful episode!

Timestamps:

• 10:11 - Gendered issues in therapy
• 19:45 - Individuals vs couples therapy
• 26:45 - Countertransference
• 39:23 - Advice for new practitioners

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Jayson and Ellen have started a new podcast!

Integrated is for entrepreneurial couples who want both a high-impact career and an exceptional partnership. Jayson and Ellen blend cutting-edge relationship science with decades of coaching experience to help you balance leadership at home and in business, fostering deeper connection and lasting success.

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In this episode Jayson and Ellen talk about five reasons why being a team is so hard. How do culture and personal history impact teamwork? Is your sense of entitlement holding you back from effective collaboration? How can differences between people make for a stronger team? Find the answers to these questions and more in this episode!

Timestamps:

• 1:00 - 5 reasons why being a team is so hard
• 1:47 - Cultural backdrop
• 7:00 - Personal history
• 11:49 - Your entitlement
• 16:56 - Differences
• 20:41 - Sharing leadership takes time

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What is the role of therapy and coaching? In this overview episode, Jayson explores how humans navigate relationships. Why do we betray ourselves in pursuit of belonging? How can coaches challenge clients who seek the path of least resistance? When we choose not to grow, we pass on trauma. Whether you're a coach or a client, you'll find valuable insights in this episode.

Timestamps:

• 2:28 - What is the context of coaching and therapy?
• 10:13 - Seeking pleasure and avoiding pain
• 13:47 - Projecting onto your partner
• 17:48 - Your shadow
• 22:49 - Challenging clients who choose the path of least resistance

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“Any advice to get over a fear of dependency?” Amy wants to know.

“Is it possible for one partner to be dependent, and the other to be independent? Does that change over time? What can I do when I get triggered by his independence?” asks @twopopcorn.

“Therapists always say, ‘You’re responsible for meeting your own needs’...How do you allow yourself to depend on someone and also not expect someone to give you what you need?” Jean is curious about. 

Join Jayson and Ellen for this follow-up AMA episode (inspired by Episode 423: Dependent, Independent, Interdependent) where they answer listener questions on dependency.

Useful Links:

• Download the transcript of episode 425 here
• "Loneliness, Social Isolation, and Living Alone with Julianne Holt-Lundstad - Episode 301 (TRS Podcast)
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

Want some help understanding what the opposite sex thinks and feels about being partners, parents, cohabitating, careers, etc.?

Care to learn how to structure leadership equitably with your partner?

Can you identify with stereotypical gender roles—specifically with couples who are also parents?

Curious to learn why some men resist or devalue hands-on parenting?

Join Jayson and Ellen as they unpack how gender roles play into your most intimate relationship, how they relate to our cultural landscape, and how to structure leadership/relate to each other as partners and co-parents.

Useful Links:

• Download the transcript of episode 424 here
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

When you hear the word “dependency,” what does it conjure up for you? Feelings of resistance? Discomfort? Maybe a squirmy feeling? Or something more positive? Does it feel good for you to be needed? 

When we first emerge into the world as infants, we are 100% dependent on our caregiver(s) for all our physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, and relational needs. Our parents have been responsible for every one of our needs, day in and day out, for years. It is a biological imperative to attach to our caregiver (attachment figure), and it’s completely instinctual—it’s how a baby survives. Being someone’s attachment figure is incredibly demanding.

Attachment science empirically speaks to the similarity between how a child attaches to a parent and how an adult attaches to their spouse, meaning our attachment figure changes from our parent to our significant other. However, your partner is not your caregiver… Contingent on your attachment style (anxious, avoidant, secure), it can become triggering to depend on or depend on someone else.

Join Jayson and Ellen to better understand healthy and unhealthy dependency, normalize it, and even use our needs and dependence to deepen connection. 

Useful Links:

• Download the transcript of this episode here
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

What lessons can families learn from businesses? Have you ever thought of formalizing your values as a family and creating a vision statement?

Ellen and I had the privilege to chat with Chris and Melissa Smith, founders of Family Brand, and loving parents to five kids. We discuss what it’s like to have (and come from) an unusually large family, their near-divorce experience, and how they are now happier and stronger than ever before. They talk about why they founded Family Brand, and highlight the importance of working on oneself first and, and being very intentional with your commitment to your partner and parenting to co-create a brand unique to your family unit and why/how that’s helpful.

Useful Links:

• Download the transcript of this episode here
• https://familybrand.com/
• https://familybrand.com/podcast/
• https://familybrand.com/quiz/
• https://www.instagram.com/ourfamilybrand/
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

Do you find yourself in a relationship with someone who isn’t meeting you halfway?

Are you curious to learn why your partner refuses to do their part of the work in the relationship?

According to behavioral psychology, human beings are hedonistic. We prefer pleasure over pain, good over evil, comfortable over uncomfortable—even though  it is through discomfort that we grow. If you listen to the podcast, I consider you a growth/developmental-oriented person. If a non-growth/developmental-oriented person stays in a relationship with you long enough, they inevitably will bump up against discomfort and will do one of three things: run, check out, or sabotage.

Tune in to this short episode to learn more about avoidance tactics, the number one reason your partner resists change, and the role shame plays in this dynamic.

Useful Links:

• Download the transcript to Episode 421: The #1 Reason Your Partner Won't Do The Work
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

Have you ever wondered if there was something you could do quickly when you were triggered and it just made everything better? 

This week we’re joined by Spiritual Coach Mamoon Yusaf who gives us the elevator speech description of the Qu’ran and it’s deeper meaning). He shares his experience growing up in a posh British grammar school as a young Pakistani boy, becoming a Spiritual Coach, and awakening as a way of owning his feelings, the reactions that changed his life and his relationships for the better. But most importantly he shares a quick method to work through triggers.

Useful Links:

• https://mamoonyusaf.com/
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• my.community.com/jaysongaddis/
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com

Are you a "dad to be," or are you already on the field but want to up your parenting game and become the kind of father and husband you always wanted to be (i.e., sincerely present and very engaged)?

Buckle up for a candid, special, extra-long episode geared explicitly for dads with advice on pre-birth, birth (how to support the process and show up), and post-birth (notes on sleep, sex, healthy brain development, post-partum, technological considerations, carrying your child) and more.

Useful Links:

• Download this episode's transcript here
• Sign up for updates here: 7207044852
• my.community.com/jaysongaddis/
• https://relationshipschool.com/masterclass/
• https://relationshipschool.com/relationshipmastery/
• https://relationshipschool.com/getcoachingnow/
• https://www.gettingtozerobook.com
• Personality Disorders with Judith Pearson – Part 2 (Ep 418)
• Personality Disorder with Carolyn Bankston – Part 1 (Ep 410)
• How to Get Your Kids and Teens To Do What You Want and Need to do Without Fear and Bribes (Ep. 409)
• Boundaries & Other Tips for Brand New Parents with Tina Payne Bryson
• Why Your Kids Need You to Be In Charge with Kim John Payne
• 4 Non-Negotiable Needs Required for a Secure Partnership