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Couples Coaching
and Mixed-Faith Marriage Coaching

Different Perspectives, Connected Hearts
Specializing in helping you navigate fundamental differences, conflicting beliefs/perspectives, and significant disagreements in your relationship. Transform your relationship into more connection, collaboration, fulfillment, and hope for your future together.


Suzette Halterman
6 days ago4 min read
How to Compromise in a Mixed-Faith Marriage: A Step-by-Step Guide
Learn how to navigate compromise in a mixed-faith marriage with expert strategies to create win-win solutions and strengthen your bond
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Suzette Halterman
Mar 74 min read
Mixed-Faith Parenting: What to Do About Church Participation?
parents can take a principled approach—one that protects their own energy, supports their values, and respects their child’s autonomy.
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Suzette Halterman
Feb 274 min read
Compatibility in a Mixed-Faith Marriage
In a mixed-faith marriage, compatibility does not determine success. Flexibility, equality, and self-regulation are critical.
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Suzette Halterman
Feb 204 min read
Mixed-Faith Parenting: Addressing the Fear of Religious Indoctrination
Mixed-faith parents naturally want to insulate their children from messages they feel might indoctrinate their children.
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Suzette Halterman
Feb 113 min read
Relational Mindfulness: Creating New Possibilities in Navigating Differences
Relational mindfulness is key to creating more positive interactions in conflicts where you may never see eye to eye.
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Suzette Halterman
Feb 52 min read
The Power of Focusing on Your Own Movement in Relationships
One of the most common patterns in couples work is the belief that the relationship would improve if only the other person changed. While...
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Suzette Halterman
Jan 243 min read
Start with the assumption that you won’t be in sync with your partner!
Our default programming as humans makes us think that other people want what we want, value what we value, and see things like we see...
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Suzette Halterman
Jul 8, 20243 min read
Navigating Conflict: Polarities are NOT the same as Problems!
I have been thinking a lot lately about polarities. Polarities are an inevitable part of humans being in relationships with other humans....
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Suzette Halterman
Jul 6, 20249 min read
Navigating a Mixed-Faith Marriage
10 Critical Areas of Work, Focus, and Commitment For a Mixed-Faith Marriage 1. Mindset: Whether my spouse or I change religious beliefs,...
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 30, 20237 min read
Mixed-Faith Parenting- A Values-Based Approach
When it comes to mixed-faith marriages and raising children, it can become complicated very quickly when you both want to share your...
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 30, 20235 min read
Mixed-Faith Parenting- Do No Harm: Intellectual Abuse vs. Intellectual Nurturing
The goal of this blog series about mixed-faith parenting is to give you some possible frameworks from which you can parent that will...
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 30, 20236 min read
Mixed-Faith Parenting-Zooming Out: Nurturing The Whole Child
How to look at the big picture of raising a child and approach your mixed-faith parenting from a place of nurturing the whole child.
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 30, 20236 min read
Mixed Faith Parenting: Zooming Out - What Makes "Good" Parenting?
An approach to mixed-faith parenting that looks at where you agree, and how you can each contribute to nurturing and guiding your child.
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20233 min read
Mixed Faith Parenting: Zooming Out- an introduction
There are many ways to approach mixed-faith parenting and many different paths to raise great children.
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20238 min read
Stonewalling-The Last of the 4 Horsemen
In my opinion, stonewalling is the most misunderstood of the 4 Horsemen. It can also be one of the most difficult patterns to identify...
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20237 min read
Contempt: The Deadliest of the 4 Horsemen
Of all of the 4 Horsemen, Dr. Gottman refers to contempt as the deadliest of them all. Dr. Gottman calls it the most destructive behavior...
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20238 min read
The 4 Horsemen: Defensiveness---You Can't Protect and Connect At The Same Time!
Defensiveness comes up frequently in mixed-faith marriages in the form of defending one’s views, thoughts, or beliefs.
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20236 min read
The First of the 4 Horsemen: Criticism And Why It's So Dangerous
If you can eliminate criticism, you will greatly reduce the chance that the other horsemen will show up in your mixed-faith marriage.
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Suzette Halterman
Nov 25, 20234 min read
Perpetual Problems: The Root of Most Mixed-Faith Marriage Conflict
Religious/Spiritual differences in a mixed-faith marriage tend to fall under this category of perpetual problems.
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