When Relationships Shape the Future of Your Business
I love working with family and couple-driven businesses because it brings together my two passions: relationship skills and conflict management. Our personal, family, and business lives are tightly woven together. When stress builds in one area, it almost always...
Managing Difficult Conversations
Breaking Free from Gridlock When conflicts get stuck—repetitive, emotional, and exhausting—both people often feel unheard, judged, or misunderstood. The cycle is familiar: hope → defensiveness → frustration → anger → avoidance. To move forward, you need a different...
How to Be Heard: 6 Strategies to Get Your Point Across Without Losing Connection
We all want to feel seen and heard — in love, in business, in the boardroom, and at the kitchen table But the more we push, persuade, or try to prove our point, the less likely we are to be…
6 Love Languages for Couples in Business & in Love
What Gary Chapman Didn’t Write — But Every Founder and Couple in Business Needs to Know We all know Gary Chapman’s Five Love Languages — Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. They’re powerful because they…
The Balancing Act: Skills for a Thriving Relationship at Work or at Home
As a social worker, I have been working with relationship skills and conflicts in communities, organisations and with individuals for over 40 years. Since 2010, I have been working with mediating workplace conflicts, when I started undertaking dispute resolution with…
When Relationships Shape the Future of Your Business
“Elizabeth consulted with all family members confidentially, assessing and guiding us in ways that empowered individuals to lead relationship repairs and refocus our family on our shared business vision. She’s since provided invaluable coaching to support intergenerational change in our…
Family Dynamics Start with ‘The Story of Us’
Families often pass their relationship styles from generation to generation, so recognising past patterns can help families choose a better path. Conflict coaching can really help families rebuild trust and cooperation, and steer relationships towards a brighter future. Notice the…