Navigating Love Across Cultures: Embrace the Beauty and Challenges
Maintaining a happy relationship with your partner can already be difficult, but intercultural relationships come with an additional set of challenges.
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Cultural differences influence various aspects of a couple's life, such as:
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The involvement and influence of extended family
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Appropriate levels of public affection
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Gender roles within the relationship
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Timing and significance of marriage and related traditions
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Communication and conflict styles, display of emotions
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Time orientation, flexibility
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Adaptation to societal expecations vs. individuality
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Dealing with authority and rules
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Money management, saving, financial support of extended family
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Cross-cultural relationships can be exciting. You discover new music, different family dynamics and traditions. However, diverging perceptions, implied expectations and unconscious assumptions easily result in misunderstandings and tensions.
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For example, he was surprised and offended when his wife didn’t serve his father at dinner during a visit. He saw it as a lack of respect and hospitality and did not consider that in her culture, everyone serves themselves at the table.
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Arguments can arise easily when you struggle to understand why your partner acts or thinks a certain way.
"Differences were meant not to divide but to enrich"
— J.H. Oldham
Cross-cultural couple coaching: how to build a healthy relationship with my partner?
Imagine how you would feel, if you truly understood your partner and their views and behaviours.
I support you in increasing your intercultural sensitivity: become more aware of your cultural values and those of your partner. Learn how these values and assumptions influence the way you both perceive the world.
Through various creative exercises you learn to communicate openly how you feel and what you need, and identify suitable coping strategies. The coaching process is completely personalised and tailored to your specific goals and issues.
I hold an MSc Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University, UK. Additionally, while living in seven countries I felt the confusion and frustration associated with intercultural communication dozens of times.
My husband is from South India, thus, I live the adventure of raising 3 small children in an intercultural marriage on a daily basis. Therefore, I support you in an empathetic way to co-create your own relationship values and family culture.
What are the benefits of Intercultural Couple Coaching?
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Increased awareness of common values that bond you together
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Improved understanding of the needs and assumptions behind your partner's actions
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Increased intercultural sensitivity and self-awareness: consciously deal with sensitive culture clashes
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Openly share what you feel in a culturally sensitive way
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Knowledge of tools to foster intimacy and trust
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Fewer draining discussions leave you with more energy for your work and projects
​Basic Package
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3 couple coaching sessions
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take-home exercises
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analysis of conflict styles
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cultural awareness/ sensitivity exercises
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connection exercises
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free access to non-violent communication workshop
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choice between face-to-face appointments in Berlin/Potsdam or online video appointments (via Skype, Teams etc.)
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Price: 250 EUR + German VAT, (extra charges may apply)
Premium Package
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5 couple coaching sessions
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take-home exercises
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analysis of conflict styles
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cultural awareness/sensitivity exercises
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connection exercises
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free access to non-violent communication workshop
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option to book additional paid sessions
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choice between face-to-face appointments in Berlin/Potsdam or online video appointments (Skype/ Teams)
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Price: 400 EUR + German VAT, (extra charges may apply)
For the following extra charges might be added:
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Travel charges for home appointments (for basic packages only)
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Multi-language facilitation of sessions