"I’ve had a lot of counseling-type experiences, and your coaching is one of the most direct approaches for curing difficulties. Your approaches work very quickly."

"I'm glad you’ve been  available by phone in a relationship crisis."

"I’ve found that the difficult interactions with my partner get easier to address as we go along, it’s less scary, and the difficulties become less frequent. And we’ve found out that not every problem has to be solved—just expressing a concern and having it be heard by the other is often enough to resolve it."

"You inspire in me the courage it takes to apply these simple, but challenging concepts."

"Here are some things about your style that I like: You are a remarkable listener, you let me just vent when I’m emotionally upset, and when you tell me things that are extremely hard for me to hear, you hand it to me on a soft platter and I’m able to hear it without getting defensive."

"My partner and I are doing really well since our coaching with you ended. I thank you so much for helping me see how damaging I was being to the relationship with that secret."

"You did an EXCELLENT job in what was a very, very, very tough interaction style we have. You were sensitive to our capacities, unbiased, gentle voice, focusing on what each one needed, huge listening capacity and unreactive, yet responsive. We both felt safe to release some major emotional stress. Your coaching is the most important thing in our lives. Nothing else has any real value if we are miserable together."

"I just finished reading "Real Love" by Greg Baer, MD. He says that the way to fill yourself with real love is to talk to a "wise man" (i.e., one who will listen with compassion and kindness) and find that one is still loved with all his bad stuff--unconditionally. You have listened to me with all my stupid shit for over a year now, and it occurs to me that without a doubt you still love me.

That is how Baer says one can begin to experience the concept of real love and then begin to have the capacity to express real love in a relationship. It comes slowly but begins with a first step, as most of us have never experienced unconditional love before.

Thank you for your help and love over all this time. It gives me a new sense of real friendship as well as real love. I am privileged to have you as a friend. Profoundly privileged."

"You really are a gifted relationship coach. I’m looking forward to our second session."

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