Identifying Unhealthy & Toxic Habits In Your Relationship With Your Coach

Jul 15, 2021 | Ebru Yildirim
Identifying Toxic Relationship Habits With Your Coach

Relationships are meant to provide comfort, companionship, and security to those involved. They are built on trust and love. However, sometimes they can be toxic and harmful to your physical and mental wellbeing, which could lead to them eroding and falling apart. It does not usually happen overnight but gradually occurs over a long time due to unhealthy habits that become significant. 

Identifying and fixing them is crucial to ensuring you can either salvage your relationship or let go. On the other hand, choosing to stay without making any improvement can be detrimental because the bond would deteriorate even further. Therefore, we will look at ways relationship coaching can successfully help you identify these unhealthy habits. 

Observe and inform you regarding negative communication tendencies.

One of the most typical problems faced by those who share a bond is a lack of communication. Communication, in this case, does not pertain to arguments but regular conversations. Problems can develop due to unhealthy habits that one or both parties in a relationship may display, leading to a sense of disconnection and inability to speak properly. 

A relationship coach can help you identify if there are negative habits that might be in effect. For example, maybe you might be talking over the other and not listening to them. Or you could have difficulty expressing yourself and resort to silences. A relationship coach can bring this out in a more open and accepting environment so you and the other person can discuss and understand what's going on.

Gain insight into harmful tendencies during arguments.

Arguments can be incredibly challenging to navigate with tact and reason. As they are highly stressful situations fuelled by emotion and stress, you might resort to unhealthy or even toxic tendencies as there will be less inhibition. Therefore, identifying these habits is crucial because they can cause much harm to a relationship. Most bonds break apart because of what a person says or how they behave during a quarrel.  

When you consult a relationship coach, we will notice any harmful argument tendencies and give insight into how to curb them or find a better alternative. We will also help you and the other person become more mindful of behavior and teach techniques to keep calm during a quarrel.

Identify toxic habits that you may not even realize are occurring.

Unfortunately, many people do not realize when they are displaying or are being subjected to certain toxic habits. It could be due to insufficient knowledge regarding that behavior, its detrimental effect, accepting it as normal, or reducing its significance. There are multiple reasons why you could find it difficult to understand the gravity of what's happening. The most significant ones are culture, childhood experiences, dependence, and manipulation. 

A relationship coach has immense experience in understanding behaviors and harmful tendencies. Therefore, it will be possible for us to identify any detrimental actions you might not even realize are happening, such as physical and emotional abuse, pressure, restriction, humiliation, and manipulation. We will then guide you on controlling such behavior or what measures to take if confronted with them. 

Identifying unhealthy and toxic habits in a relationship is crucial in recovery and attaining a good mindset. Therefore, make sure to find a life coach and approach your relationship from a healthy angle.