Path of Life Coaching LLC

11/14/2025

Thanksgiving! Turkey... Sweet Potato Casserole... your mom asking you when she's gonna get to hold a grandbaby.

😡😭😞

Thanksgiving can contain more stress and triggers than it does side dishes. One of the most helpful ways of dealing with it all and having a (mostly) great time with family is to maintain a strong relationship with your partner while you're with your family. But if the family-stress makes it hard for you to connect with your partner, then you have problems with your family, and with your partner!

Set yourself up for a great Thanksgiving by forming a plan to have a strong relationship with your partner.

If you want help doing that, come to this FREE event by Path of Life Coaching:

Home for the Holidays.
A marriage and relationship workshop to help couples transform time with family from very love/hate to very love/love.

We will discuss
1) the nature of family dynamics and help you identify how it effects your relationship
2) Come up with ideas for how you and your partner can best support each other this holiday season.

Monday 11/24 at 6pm at 300 Pepper St. SE Christiansburg.

Use this link to sign up, so that your holidays will have more less stress and more joy this year:
https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/homefortheholidays

11/12/2025

Time with family can be tough on couples.

For YEARS... holidays with our family would lead to her and me feeling disconnected and frustrated at each other. It would take daaaaaaays to connect again.

If holidays with family are not as full of thanks and joy in your marriage or relationship as you want it to be, come to my FREE workshop:

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
A marriage and relationship workshop to help couples transform time with family from very love/hate to very love/love.

Monday November 24th 6-8pm.

Sign up FOR FREE here: https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/?appointmentType=85573912

11/04/2025

Do you think ANYONE can have a GREAT relationship?

Like this post for "yes"

At Path of Life Coaching, one of the core beliefs is: whatever is happening, whoever you are, you and your partner can overcome ANYTHING and build a GREAT relationship as long as you have the right tools and the right help, and you actually want to try.

Path of Life Coaching helps couples navigate tension and distance and build relationships full of peace and love.

Marriage counselors have waiting lists that are months long! Don't wait for a better relationship.

AH says: "Nicholas has been such a blessing and help to my husband and I. He is patient and truly understands how to help us better communicate with each other."

Use this link to schedule a FREE Discovery call.

https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/DiscoveryCall

10/28/2025

Why Do Couples Fight?

We’ve all been there. You’re enjoying an evening together, then something almost meaningless happens and all of a sudden, you’re fighting.

Why do couples fight? Couples fight because everyone is different. Specifically, each person has their own blend of values, and when those values don’t match up with their partner’s values, we tend to view that as a threat to our lives!

Here’s an example: My wife and I went through a period of a year or so when we hardly fought at all. It was great! Then we bought a dishwasher. Then dishes turned into: “Does this plate go on top or bottom, oh great dishwasher guru? Is this clean enough to put in, or do we have to wash it first and then put it in the dishwasher? That can’t go in the dishwasher, you moron!

Why were we fighting? Because of forks and knives? No. Because of our values. I value freedom and flexibility - it helps me feel alive. So when my wife was, from my perspective, rigid about what went where, it threatened my value of flexibility. It also took longer which threatened my value of freedom. To my wife, though, these dishes were not just dishes, but gifts from family, or the way we would present ourselves as hosts. She was valuing family and friends. So when I was unthoughtful and uncaring about if dishes would fade or get clean she felt that her values were being threatened.

Conflicts will happen for every couple. Successful couples learn to understand each other’s values in any given situation. To get better at this: the next time your partner has a big reaction to something, ask: what makes that important to you? You’ll learn a lot, and consciously caring about your partners values, even if they are not your values, will improve your relationship.

If you want a better relationship, take your next steps by scheduling a FREE DISCOVERY CALL using this link:

Schedule your appointment online Path of Life Coaching LLC

10/27/2025

Fighting before you've even finished your waffles?
When conflict isn't managed well, negativity can start to take over your relationship until anything from budgets to schedules to how much syrup to use can turn volatile.
It's called Negative-Sentiment Override.
To get out of NSO you need to start talking about the deeper issues under your feelings. Here is a quick process:

1) Get yourself into a PEACEFUL and CURIOUS state of mind.
2) Sit down with your partner and say something like this: "I know things have been tense recently. I love you. I'd love to know what the hardest part of our relationship is FOR YOU right now?
3) Listen, be curious, don't be defensive.
4) Use questions like: What makes that feel important? What would help that feel better?

If you follow this process, it should infuse some positivity into your relationship. Do it regularly, and you can have a much better relationship. IF IT DOESN'T... either you didn't follow it, or there are other factors at play.

If you want help overcoming the walls between you and your partner, I've been helping couples navigate tension and distance and build peace and love in their relationship for almost a decade. If you want a better relationship, use the link below to schedule a FREE, NO-COMMITTMENT Discovery Call to see what it would mean to take your relationship on a different path toward new heights.

https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/DiscoveryCall

10/24/2025

Does trying to talk to your partner feel like trying to pet a porcupine?

Path of Life Coaching helps couples navigate tension and distance and build peace and love in their relationship.

Rule #1 of better relationships: If nothing changes, nothing is going to change.

Take your next steps toward a great relationship by using the link below to sign up for a free, 0-comittment discovery call.

https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/DiscoveryCall

10/22/2025

You CAN have a great relationship!

Whatever is happening, you and your partner can overcome ANYTHING and build a GREAT relationship as long as you have the right tools and the right help.

Path of Life Coaching helps couples navigate tension and distance and build relationships full of peace and love.

Marriage counselors have waiting lists that are months long! Don't wait for a better relationship.

AH says: "Nicholas has been such a blessing and help to my husband and I. He is patient and truly understands how to help us better communicate with each other."

Use this link to schedule a FREE Discovery call.

https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/DiscoveryCall

05/23/2025

How We Divorce-Proofed Our Marriage.

Check out the next episode of
The Christian Marriage Podcast

There are 4 huge issues in marriage that account for most of the reasons that couples get divorced. The issues are your spiritual life, kids and parenting, handling money, and s*x. We can even make them all start with the letter F: Faith, Family Finances and … S*x. If you can figure out how to cre...

04/11/2025

Top 10 Marriage Hacks!
Check Out Ep. 19 of
The Christian Marriage Podcast

Today on The Christian Marriage Podcast, I talk to Jeff and Susan about their Top 10 Marriage Hacks! Jeff and Susan have been married for 35 years and have some great ideas about how to make marriage work. Question: which of these hacks do you want to put into practice TODAY?1. State of the Union2.....

10/25/2024

Check out the latest episode of The Christian Marriage Podcast.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/nick-perrine/episodes/6--What-To-Do-When-You-and-Your-Spouse-Dont-Have-Anything-In-Common-e2q3l01

08/28/2024

https://youtu.be/6GoNpuXiSDM

How To Stop Fighting With Your Spouse For Christian Couples:
https://PathofLifeCoachingLLC.as.me/FreeWorkshop