Dec. 16, 2020

Connecting Head, Heart & Holidays with Leah Gartner

Connecting Head, Heart & Holidays with Leah Gartner

Leah is a Relationship Coach who is passionate about helping individuals and couples be empowered and connected in their relationships. She also facilitates and supports some of the training at The Relationship School - teachings others to become relational leaders in their families and communities. 

This podcast is filled with tips to help you manage your relationships during the holidays - or any family gatherings. I would honestly recommend listening to this one with a notebook handy!!!

Here are some links to useful resources that were mentioned: 

  • Leah Gartner - Relationship Coach
  • https://www.newtrailsrelationshipcoaching.com

  • The Relationship School
  • https://relationshipschool.com/
  • Check out this website for free resources to help you with your relationships
  • You can find Relationship Coaches here too
  • Jayson Gaddis, the founder also has a really informative podcast
  • https://relationshipschool.com/relationship-school-podcast/
  • Dan Seigal
  • Dan Seigal is an impressive psychiatrist and prolific author 
  • Check out his website for information on his books, courses and resources
  • I particularly like his handbook on Interpersonal Neurobiology which goes into depth about the mind body connection and how this operates within intimate relationships
  • Stan Tatkin
  • Relationship expert and author who talks about the psychobiological model of relationships
  • Books I have read and enjoyed include Wired for Dating, and Wired for Love. 
  • Research Studies
  • The Harvard Study
  • https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/04/over-nearly-80-years-harvard-study-has-been-showing-how-to-live-a-healthy-and-happy-life/
  • Check out the TED talk What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on ...TED Talks23 Dec 2015
  • Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review which reveals that the influence of social relationships on our health equates to the equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day! This is truly fascinating - and shows how important relationships are for our risk of heart disease in particular. 
  • https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000316