How do you approach challenging situations? The coaching model popular in the business world takes a strengths-based approach, leveraging what employees are good at to tackle complex problems. What if we used a similar strategy as parents, leading with our strengths in difficult circumstances? What if we approached the divorce process the same way, tapping into our best attributes first as we work toward resolution?Gloria DeGaetano is the founder and CEO of the Parent Coaching Institute and Parent Coach International. An acclaimed educator, author and speaker, she originated parent coaching as a discipline 18 years ago. Today, the PCI Coaching Model and its affiliated certification program are used in 20 countries around the world. Gloria’s innovative work in parent coaching has appeared in Newsweek, Parents Magazine and The New York Times, among many other publications, and she has appeared on The Today Show and NPR’s Fresh Air.On this episode of Divorce Dialogues, Gloria joins Katherine to explain how she adapted business coaching principles to support parents, using a strengths-based approach that is personalized to the family’s individual circumstances. She discusses how her personal experience with divorce informs her work and describes how the appreciative inquiry framework facilitates teamwork between divorced couples. Listen in for Gloria’s insight around identifying your positive core and designing strategy based on your strengths!Topics CoveredThe concept of parent coaching as a strengths-based approachHow Gloria adapted business coaching principles to support parentsHow Gloria’s personal experience with divorce influences her workHow parent coaching is personalized to the unique needs of the familyHow an introduction to systems thinking inspired Gloria’s workHow the parenting styles inventory serves divorced couplesThe framework of appreciative inquiry Gloria uses in parent coachingWhy it’s important to design strategy based on your strengthsHow starting with what you’re good at generates an upward spiralThe benefit of reframing right and wrong as a difference in styleGloria’s definition of positive core as a person’s authentic selfHow individuals can use parent coaching with or without their exHow Gloria processed her own feelings of anger through therapyGloria’s insight around taking care of yourself firstConnect with Gloria DeGaetanoThe Parent Coaching Institute: www.thepci.orgParent Coach International: parentcoachinternational.comResourcesThe Creative Imperative by Charles M. Johnston: amazon.com/Creative-Imperative-Charles-M-Johnston/dp/0974715409Parenting Well in a Media Age by Gloria DeGaetano: amazon.com/Parenting-Well-Media-Age-Keeping/dp/1932181121Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry: champlain.edu/appreciativeinquiryConnect with Katherine MillerThe Center for Understanding Conflict: http://understandinginconflict.org/Miller Law Group: https://westchesterfamilylaw.com/Katherine on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/kemiller1The New Yorker’s Guide to Collaborative Divorce by Katherine Miller: https://www.amazon.com/New-Yorkers-Guide-Collaborative-Divorce/dp/0692496246Email: [email protected]Call (914) 738-7765