Just the other day, a husband complained about his wife’s excessive usage of handheld devices resulting in the husband feeling he and the children were being neglected. He was asked what he wanted in this situation. The obvious answer he gave was that his wife should not use her tab or cellphone that much. This was one way to see the situation.

A coach can help you by giving you an account of an outsider’s viewpoint. He can be someone who looks at the situation from an impartial perspective without getting influenced by emotions or any other factors. Progressive people think of coach as their external eyes and ears, which enables them see beyond their biases and fixedness.

When people are questioned about their relationships, whether they are professionals, businessmen, housewives etc., almost all of them rate themselves low on the satisfaction scale. The complaints, dilemmas and sometimes embarrassments about their relationships come from personal, social or professional aspects of their life.

In my limited experience of coaching families, I came across many couples, who misunderstanding each other, got into serious arguments. These arguments could have been avoided if they had taken time to understand the actual meaning behind their spouse’s words. Many people resent their partners for not seeing the situation from their point of view.

One of my ex-clients, a lady in her 40’s, one day expressed her discontentment towards her mother-in-law (MIL). She felt that her MIL gave importance to other daughters-in-law, talked to them, called them more often, and visited them more than her. She felt her mother-in-law ignored her.

Today, we are discussing the 5 most common problems people have in their relationships and how to solve them. We all know that we face many issues in our relationships at one point or another. These issues include arguments, conflicts, communication errors, and worries over money and so on.

This is the kind of discussion mums have whenever they are together. They are all frustrated of the behavior of their children and are not able to figure out why their children are giving them a tough time. Children do not seem to understand instructions, throw tantrums on small things, express anger by screaming or hitting and in general be hard to deal with.