The Art of Relational Living with Nancy Pickard
Week of March 21, 2026
Whether single or in a romantic relationship, we each want satisfying relationships. Yet, we often find ourselves wedged inside patterns that stymie us. Research suggests that the quality of our closest relationships is predictive of our longevity. We know relationships take work, but few of us know what that work entails. Thereal work of relationships isn’t occasional, it’s continuous.
Certified and trained by Terry Real, founder of Relational Life Therapy, I will teach you the essential skills to build and maintain intimacy in five sessions.
Session 1: Self Esteem and Boundaries: We often lose sight of our inherent worth. We need to rediscover compassion for our humanness and hold ourselves with warm regard regardless of what we do. In this session, you will uncover the external ways we look for validation and learn what healthy emotional boundaries look like and how to sustain them.
Session 2: Five Losing Strategies: Five losing strategies imperil relationships. I will assist you in identifying yours and in understanding how they prevent intimacy and connection. It boils down to treating yourself kindly and not with shame. You will do better when you know better and have needs met in a winning way.
Session 3: The Neurobiology of the Relational Brain: I will introduce you to the “adaptive child” and “wise adult” parts of the brain and free you to see where you go when you get triggered and why.
Session 4: Five Winning Strategies: Five winning strategies enhance intimacy and connection. Here we will explore how to get needs met by empowering your partner (whether mother, adult, child, co-worker, friend) to give you what you need.
Session 5: Listener/Speaker Roles and the Feedback Wheel: Learn how to be a good listener and good speaker and how to use the “feedback wheel” as essential skills for better communication and connection.
Nancy Pickard is a Certified Master Integrative Coach, author, speaker and mentor. She is the author of the international best seller, Bigger Better Braver: Conquer your fears, Embrace your Courage and Transform your Life. Some of her certifications include Shadow Coach, Reinvention, Healing your Heart, Boundary, Parenting, and Relational Life Therapy.
She knows what it takes to help people achieve big goals. She holds multiple personal training certifications and has focused on health and wellness for almost 30 years. She lives by example. In 2017, she undertook her biggest challenge, climbing Kilimanjaro at the age of sixty-one. Coaching others to step out of fear and into bigger versions of themselves is her passion.
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