Better communication in relationships,dating coaching,art coaching

SALLY’S AREAS OF COACHING

CREATIVITY AND ART COACHING
COMMUNICATING BETTER TO ENHANCE RELATIONSHIPS
DATING AT 50 AND BEYOND

CREATIVITY AND ART COACHING

Being more creative and rediscovering the artist in your soul

Coaching for emerging artists and established professionals

When do feel the most alive and engaged? How can you tap into that creative well more in your life and/or your work?
Was there a time when you were more creative? Do you want to rediscover the artist in you?
Are you an emerging or established artist wanting to strengthen the presentation and promotion of your work?

We can focus on any part of the creative spectrum from the sources of your inspiration to ways to facilitate art-making to public presentation and promotion. If you are a novice or a seasoned artist or just wanting to enhance your creativity, I can help you:

explore your intuitive creative well more deeply,
design a workspace and take charge of your time better,
find language to articulate the meaning and uniqueness of your work,
strengthen and “professionalize” the presentation of your art, and/or
research and expand ways to exhibit and market your art.

NOTE: Sally Jorgensen’s Art Coaching is not a hands-on art-making experience.

COMMUNICATING BETTER TO ENHANCE RELATIONSHIPS

Where did you learn how to be in a relationship? How to ask for and negotiate to get what you want? And how good are you at it?
How do you handle not getting what you want? How do you handle disappointment? Anger? Petty annoyances?
Do you or your partner feel competitive with each other? In some fun ways or not so good ways?
Does feedback and criticism hurt?
Do you express your appreciation for each other?
What do you spend the most time talking about with your partner? Is it what you want to talk about?
Has your relationship become a minefield filled with topics that blow-up when they come up or are off limits altogether?

Many of us did not grow up in a house that modeled healthy communication. Perhaps we did not witness mutually respectful and loving relationships or hear encouragement and compliments. Or apologies. Or perhaps we did not see affection displayed. One of the greatest challenges in life is creating healthy, mutually supportive and respectful relationships where each person is encouraged to be who they want to be and accepted for who they are.

Every relationship is its own Communication Dance to work out as a couple. Techniques that might have worked in a previous relationship might misfire in another one. The hot buttons might be different, as well as the behaviors that foster closeness.

Communication Coaching can help you look at what your communication style is and how it might be different from your partner’s. Look at where there is friction and mismatched needs and goals. Learn the art of negotiation so that you both get more of what you want. Become alert to the signs of emotional and verbal abuse — disrespect, denial and dismissive. And develop the strength and tactics to help you deal with those behaviors. Enhance your “relationship vocabulary” to find what works well to express your needs and wants and open up the territory for your partner to express theirs.

Many of the perspectives and tools you learn will be transferable to other situations in your life as your self-expression becomes clearer and more direct, and you are fortified with alternative ways to express who you are and what you want and don’t want in your relationships.

My Communication Coaching is generally with individuals. Confidentiality is assured.

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DATING AT 50 AND BEYOND

If you have not been ”out there” in awhile, it can be daunting to go looking for love again. Dating again (even using that word) can feel awkward and vulnerable, like you are back in high school. But if you are ready for a relationship, there are more ways than ever to meet people who have similar interests and lifestyles. But perhaps no less easy.

As we get older, we generally have experience and confidence in finding out information and making decisions. The early stages of dating often throw off that confidence, however, and thrust us into Limbo where we are not working with a lot of information and sometimes have to just sit with “not knowing,” and become comfortable with rejecting and being rejected. Some of us are shy and not used to initiating contact at all…another hurdle to push past.

I can help you with every aspect of the dating process. We will clarify what kind of relationship you want at this stage of your life, what your preferences and deal breakers are. We can review what worked and didn’t work in past relationships (to not learn from history is to be doomed to repeat it). I can help you create a Profile for online dating sites, if that is an option you want to explore. And throughout the process, I will help you tune your radar so that you make good choices and find the right person for you.