#16: Relationship Care Giving – with Wiebke Anton

Synopsis:

Wiebke Anton is a relationship coach for people living abroad. In this episode, we talk about being a couple who moves and how we can prioritise our relationship.

In This Episode:

• Typical scenarios that Wiebke sees in her work with couples who move abroad
• What Wiebke focuses on during relationship care sessions, exercises that she uses, and how these apply to couples who are geographically separated
• Some advice and fun ideas for keeping romance alive even when geographically separated, and how to have stress reducing conversations with your partner.
• How to navigate phases of being reunited, when the travelling partner returns home, and examples of questions to ask each other.
• The balance between sharing with your partner and keeping the relationship as carefree as possible. For example: am I using my partner's absence as an emotional blackmail or weapon in our arguments? How do I address negative feelings in an appropriate manner?

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Kate Galloway podcast with Wiebke Anton
• The BeReal app.
• Paula Hall books: https://www.paulahall.co.uk/books/
• How to Express Intense Emotions in a Healthy Way – Dr. Leaf (drleaf.com)

Wiebke's questions: for returning home:

1. When I come home or when you come home, what is your best way to unwind yourself from the journey and from the scenery change?
2. Do you need some buffer time and do you need, for instance, the first evening for yourself?
3. Do I want to be picked up from the airport? Yes or no?
4. Is it important for me that the house is cleaned, yes or no?
5. Do you want to cook? Shall we cook together? Do you want to come home and everything is prepared?

Contact Wiebke:

Website 

Instagram (@wiebke.help4love)

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