Coaching practices for The Nurtured Heart Approach Howard Glasser During a Big Change

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  • I want my child to carry a solid sense of who they are even when I’m not there to remind them
  • There are certain moments
  • My child has gotten so used to being "the difficult one" that they act like it’s just who they are
  • There’s this same brutal standoff my partner and I hit again and again, and I always escape it the same way
  • My partner is going through a huge change right now

Practices that may help

  1. The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
    Howard Glasser’s Nurtured Heart Approach holds that intense, challenging children are energized children who have learned that misbehavior is the most reliable way to get adult attention and engagement. The method systematically reverses that pattern by delivering rich, specific recognition for positive moments and refusing to energize negative behavior. Evidence is primarily clinical and observational — RCTs are limited, but teacher and parent studies show meaningful reductions in behavioral referrals and improved classroom climate.
  2. Build the child’s inner wealth narrative over time
    Consistently reflect back who the child is becoming, not just what they’re doing.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  3. Recognize what is not happening with proactive recognition
    Catch the child not misbehaving and name the success explicitly.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  4. Use experiential recognition to highlight strengths in the moment
    Catch the child demonstrating a virtue and name the virtue directly.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  5. Using relationship crucibles as growth opportunities
    Treat the moments your relationship is most difficult as the exact situations where growth becomes possible.
    Differentiation of Self: David Schnarch’s Framework for Passionate Marriage
  6. Update your love map after major life changes
    When life shifts, assume your map is outdated and ask new questions.
    Love Maps: Knowing Your Partner's Inner World
  7. How growth is supported (not forced)
    Growth, when it comes, is supported by safety, time, and being accompanied — never by pressure.
    Post-Traumatic Growth, Made Practical
  8. Deliver active recognition of ordinary positive moments
    Narrate what the child is doing right in real time, even when it is unremarkable.
    The Nurtured Heart Approach (Howard Glasser)
  9. Domain 2 — New possibilities
    When an old path is closed off, genuinely new directions and priorities can open.
    Post-Traumatic Growth, Made Practical
  10. RAIN — Nurture (offer what is needed)
    Give the hurting part the care it actually needs — a phrase, a hand on the heart, a kind tone.
    Radical Acceptance, Made Practical

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