Dear Relationship Nerd,
As trusted relationship coaches, we help intimate partners who are committed to self-development to maximize their relationships and elevate their lives through online coaching programs.
Whether you're happy with your relationship but want to go further or struggling to overcome challenges, that gap between where you want your relationship to be and where it is today is our passion.
We bring you a unique combination of expertise in:
Life skills coaching
Leadership development
Conflict management & alternative dispute resolution
Fine-tuned over years as professional adult educators and facilitators.
Couples work with us to get conscious relationship skills tailored for every area of their relationship:
Communication & Conflict | Work & Leisure | Habits & Personality | Family & Friends | Emotions & Feelings | Couples Goals | Spirituality | Intimacy | Money
Things they didn’t teach you in school (but should have!)
How you can jumpstart your relationship:
WHY DO WE DO IT?
Simply put, we believe that relationships are core to creating healthier families and communities for generations to come…
Too many couples just drift apart (that’s the #1 cause of divorce)!
This is a solvable problem! A thriving relationship is within everyone’s reach.
You can thrive in your relationship. And you’re not alone.
Just like athletes have coaches, musicians have teachers, and entrepreneurs have mentors, we coach couples to thrive in their relationships through simple yet deep action steps.
OUr Story
It was all exciting at the beginning of our relationship… but then the fears and baggage got in the way…
Can you relate?
After the first 4 electric months of being together, we began to doubt if we could make it work.
We had trust issues, communication issues, affection issues… you name it!
In the beginning.
We both came into the relationship with unprocessed stuff from having grown up in divorced families and had little confidence that we could make it work.
David was closed off to real love. He felt having a partner would be a waste of energy, a burden... because he constantly saw relationships around him cause unhappiness, insecurity, and toxic lives. Can you relate? Deep down, he was afraid and closed off to what love could be. That's until he realized that in healthy relationships, partners can and do grow together without losing themselves to each other... if they implemented a system we learned.
Lindsey thought she knew real love until she realized that she had been in co-dependent, fear-based and ego driven relationships. Have you been there too? She realized that change had to start with her. She created a commitment to be more whole and to attract someone more whole. Thus, we became Two Wholes, Sharing a Path, rather than what people think partners should be: "Happily ever after", "each other's saviours", "ball in chain", "my better half", "two halves", etc.
Turning point: We decided that we didn’t want to be another couple going around modelling conflicted behaviour and projecting unhappiness.
We knew we needed to overcome this. In our early dating years, we developed a relationship strategic planning process to get really clear about our relationship goals. This helped us feel confident and clear about who we wanted to be as lovers.
But the strategy was just the beginning, because relationships are more than just having a vision and plan! It’s more nuanced than that. We actually almost broke up because we were struggling to reconcile our past issues.
Instead of giving up, we turned to a collection of great self-help/wisdom books that you’ve probably read too. They were amazing, they gave us key relationship knowledge and hope, and we’re so grateful for them, but books are only a piece of the healing and empowerment journey... we knew we couldn’t stop there.
Knowing is not enough, we must apply. Willing is not enough, we must do.
- Bruce LeeThis was when we developed our first Relationship System with the strategy and action-steps to overcome all relationships problems and reach out couple’s goals.
By the time we decided to get married, we had fine-tuned key relationship skills that made us feel emotionally and spiritually aligned and energized about our relationship.
But then life (work, home, finances, family, etc.) happened which added life stress and limited our time together…
Fortunately, the foundation we had built equipped us with the skills to manage that stress.
Finally, we refined and added practical and hands-on day-to-day relationship protocols that tie it all, that keep couples feeling consciously connected, into our Thriving Relationship System: “Two Wholes, Sharing a Path”.
The best part is, the system is simple, actionable, repeatable and can be learned and taught to others!
And now.
Now don’t get us wrong, we still have challenges in our relationship, but there’s nothing our Thriving Relationship System hasn’t helped us to overcome.
Today, we’re inviting you to learn it so you can thrive in your relationship too.
HOW DO WE DO IT?
By inviting you to see your relationship as the BEST opportunity to self-actualize, develop purpose, and to make a positive impact on the world.
By sharing our framework and tactics so you can take unnecessary guesswork and potential frustration out of it all. We will work with you as you are, on CONSCIOUS love.
By connecting you with other Relationship Nerds who strive to consciously love one another, who go beyond cycles of bickering, stalemates, distrust, disappointments, blame, miscommunication, indifference or boredom, and who decide to unlock their shared potential.
If you’re ready to do the work with us, let’s do this!
"We're not two halves, we're two wholes sharing a path." - Lindsey & David
WHAT PEOPLE ARE Saying
Our style is fun, relatable, insightful, and transformative.
We’re grateful that 100% of fellow relationship nerds who’ve attended our events and sessions would highly recommend our sessions and either rated them as Excellent or Very Good.
“David and Lindsey were super friendly and welcoming! They shared a lot about themselves as individuals and as a couple. I appreciate how open they are, it really contributed to my learning and how I think about my relationship.”
“The session was very informative and provided practical advice for growing through changes in my relationship. Lindsey and David created a safe and positive environment for healthy discussion. It was a great experience!”
“David and Lindsey were highly engaging, welcoming, inclusive, honest, and most importantly, informative. Their knowledge and experiences about relationships/love/theories were well demonstrated throughout the session.”
“I feel like the facilitators were honest, genuine, and people with whom you can trust. I like that David and Lindsey not only used resources, but that they also used their own experiences too!”
We also want to be upfront that our coaching is not meant to substitute psychotherapy and counselling, although working with us or our resources can be therapeutic.
Meet David
David is a relationship and leadership educator, a higher education professional, and a martial arts instructor. He offers a sharp sense of strategy and clear understanding that helps couples break through their limits.
Connect with David:
David@RelationshipZen.ca
Meet Lindsey
Lindsey is a relationship educator, life skills coach, and higher education professional. She brings a grounded, uplifting and joyful energy and perspective that helps couples to positively transform.
Connect with Lindsey:
Lindsey@RelationshipZen.ca
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