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:
Wiebke's questions: for returning home:
- 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?
- Do you need some buffer time and do you need, for instance, the first evening for yourself?
- Do I want to be picked up from the airport? Yes or no?
- Is it important for me that the house is cleaned, yes or no?
- Do you want to cook? Shall we cook together? Do you want to come home and everything is prepared?
Contact Wiebke:
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Instagram (@wiebke.help4love)
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