Anna Gonowon Coaching

If you’re deciding among my November cohorts, start with the relationship pattern you most want help working on. Betrayal & Trust Reconstruction focuses on trust after a breach. Communication & Conflict Patterns focuses on recurring conversations. Boundaries & Emotional Independence focuses on decisions that stay tied to another person’s reactions or behavior. All three begin November 9. Details are through the link in my bio.

Before telling someone that something has to change, first have a clear, detailed idea of what you'll do if nothing changes.

Define limits, what's in your control, and consequences.

This artist has been on our Taipei list for months because we wanted him to make sculptures of our cats.

He has a large social media presence, so I assumed I understood where to find him.

More than an hour into walking around Ximending, I was hot, sweaty, increasingly grumpy, and fully aware that I was stuck sunk-cost fallacy.

I was ready to stop, but my husband wanted to find him. He rarely asks for anything, so when he tells me he really wants something, I take that seriously.

We eventually found him at W31, and I understood why we'd had such a hard time finding him. So, I made the map I wish we'd had before we started looking. I hope it helps you if you're traveling to Taipei!

If you share children with your ex, separate required parenting communication from relationship communication. Decide what each necessary interaction needs to cover and what you’ll do if the subject changes. No Contact, Hope, & What To Do Next begins October 7. Enrollment is open through the link in my bio.

Sometimes, an uncertain relationship status can take over and organize the other parts of your life.

What are you not doing because your relationship is uncertain? Why is uncertainty stopping you?

If you’re waiting to see what happens with your ex, be specific and set a review deadline. We’ll work with uncertainty like this in No Contact, Hope, & What To Do Next, beginning October 7. Limited to 30 people. Enrollment is open through the link in my bio.

Feeling an urgent need to talk doesn’t always mean the conversation has to happen immediately.

You want to have conversations with a clear head and a strong position.

Packing for an overnight in Jiufen while trying to figure out how three people can tell such different stories about what happened in two relationships.

This one sent me back through past interviews while trying to make sure we catch our train.

YùYù Tea Daily was on my Taipei list weeks before we arrived in Taiwan because they don’t ship to the U.S. I knew I wanted to be deliberate about my choices.

More than an hour and a half later, I'd tried nine fragrances out of the 15 available, and the saleswomen had a very accurate read on my taste and how their perfumes developed on my skin.

Several of the nine developed in ways that surprised them. I know from experience that top notes disappear very quickly on me, so I look for complexity in the base and in the heart, if possible.

If you’ve already said no and you’re still explaining it, try to step back and examine why you’re doing that. My six-week Boundaries & Emotional Independence cohort begins November 9. Limited to 10 people. Details are through the link in my bio.