What would we actually talk about for 90 minutes?


Maybe you read my email about the Relationship Reset Intensive and thought:

Okay, but what would we actually DO for 90 minutes?

Fair question.

So instead of giving you another description of the offer, let me show you the kinds of things couples bring into my calls.

You might use an Intensive because…

You keep fighting about chores, but the fight isn’t really about chores.

One person feels like, “I do a ton around here.”

The other is thinking, “But I’m the one who has to NOTICE all of it, remember it, plan it, ask for it and make sure it gets done.”

We can actually break down where that imbalance is happening and figure out what true ownership would look like.

Or…

One of you wants to talk things through immediately and the other needs space.

So one person pursues harder.

The other shuts down more.

And suddenly you’re fighting about the way you’re fighting instead of the thing you originally wanted to solve.

We can identify that cycle and create a way to interrupt it before you both end up there again.

Maybe…

You technically divide parenting responsibilities, but one of you still feels like the default parent.

Who thinks about the diaper bag?

Who knows what size clothes the baby needs next?

Who schedules the appointment, researches the question, remembers what the pediatrician said and follows up afterward?

Sometimes the issue isn’t “help.”

It’s ownership.

We can work through that.

Or maybe…

Bedtime has quietly become one of the most resentful parts of your relationship.

One person always handles settling the baby.

One person’s “quick break” turns into the other person feeling abandoned.

You’re both exhausted, and neither of you feels particularly appreciated.

That is absolutely something we can untangle.

You might come because…

One of you researches everything and the other feels like they no longer get a real voice in parenting decisions.

Sleep.

Feeding.

Doctors.

Routines.

Childcare.

You don’t necessarily disagree about the goal.

You’ve just developed a decision-making process that leaves one person anxious and the other one feeling pushed out.

We can create a better one.

Or…

You love each other, but lately you feel more like coworkers running a household.

Logistics get discussed.

Kids get handled.

Tasks get completed.

But actual connection?

That’s become the thing you keep saying you’ll get back to eventually.

We can look at what is crowding it out and build realistic ways to reconnect that fit the life you’re actually living.

Maybe it’s intimacy.

Maybe it’s resentment over who gets downtime.

Maybe it’s boundaries with grandparents.

Maybe one of you feels touched out and the other feels rejected.

Maybe you keep having the exact same argument in six different forms.

You do not need to show up knowing what your relationship’s “big problem” is.

That’s part of my job.

Bring me the thing that keeps happening.

The conversation you can’t seem to finish.

The resentment you don’t quite know what to do with.

The dynamic where you both keep thinking, Surely there has to be a better way to do this.

We’ll spend 90 focused minutes figuring out what’s underneath it, what needs to change and what each of you can actually do next.

That’s the Relationship Reset Intensive.

I have a couple of openings this weekend.

If you’re reading one of those examples thinking “Yep. That’s ours,” reply to this email and tell me which one.

I’ll let you know if I think the Intensive is a good fit and send you the booking details.

Chelsea

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I help expecting and new parents improve their communication skills, connection points, and confidence through relationship road mapping so they can enjoy the life they've built together.

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