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The Art of Relationships — January 2026

Course Cohort

A 10-week live Zoom course with Nancy Pickard for individuals and couples seeking stronger communication, healthier conflict and deeper connection.

January 27, 2026 Tuesdays 5:00–6:30 PM PT · Jan 27–Apr 7 Virtual (Zoom)
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About this event

A 10-week live Zoom course for individuals and couples with Nancy Pickard, Master Integrative Life Coach. This course supported participants in strengthening emotional intelligence, repairing conflict and transforming the way they relate.

What participants learned

  • The Five Principles of Relational Living
  • Healthy boundaries and stronger self-esteem
  • The Relationship Grid and Core Negative Image
  • Adaptive Child and Wise Adult dynamics
  • The Feedback Wheel, time-outs and other conflict-repair tools
  • Neurobiology of communication
  • How to rewire relational patterns and create intimacy

Course schedule

Ten 90-minute sessions were held live on Zoom on Tuesdays from January 27 through April 7, 2026, with an integration break on February 17.

  1. January 27: Group norms, introductions, Power and Privilege Wheel, and the Five Principles of Relational Living
  2. February 3: Self-esteem and boundaries
  3. February 10: Relationship Grid
  4. February 24: Losing Strategies, Adaptive Child and Wise Adult
  5. March 3: Adaptive Child letters and questions
  6. March 10: Time-outs and Winning Strategies
  7. March 17: Core Negative Image, part one
  8. March 24: Core Negative Image with partners, part two
  9. March 31: Feedback Wheel
  10. April 7: Relational Reckoning, cherishing and bringing intentions into reality

Who the course was for

The course welcomed people ready to stop repeating painful patterns, learn practical repair tools, deepen connection, communicate more consciously and understand their own role in conflict.

Who should attend

Individuals and couples seeking practical tools for communication, conflict repair, boundaries, emotional attunement and deeper connection.

Facilitators

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Nancy Pickard

Master Integrative Life Coach · Certified RLT Practitioner

Nancy Pickard is a Master Integrative Life Coach and bestselling author known for a compassionate, direct approach to deep transformation. She guides individuals and couples toward healthier, more empowered relationships and is a certified Relational Life Therapy Practitioner and Relationship Bootcamp Facilitator.

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