Personal life in order, leadership in balance

Relationship recovery at the level your life and work demand

"As a relationship coach for entrepreneurs, Reconnect supports people for whom relationship problems also pose a business risk. When things are rocky at home, more than just love is at stake…"

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Petra Wijen, relationship coach for entrepreneurs at Reconnect

For entrepreneurs and professionals for whom relationship problems pose a business risk.

When things are chafing at home, there is more at stake than love alone. The relationship problems that keep you awake at night inevitably seep into your business. Deliveries are jeopardised. Team members drop out. You lose focus.
And yet you feel: I don't want to lose this. Not at home. Not at work.

That's where the Relationship Power Method™ in pictures.

As a relationship coach for entrepreneurs, I work with a targeted, professional approach for leaders and indispensable individuals in organisations experiencing a relationship crisis and who wish to restore peace, control, and genuine connection.

For those who are running late, on the field or in the company, and have no room to break out at home
I know how it feels when you risk losing everything at home, and still have to manage a team tomorrow.

I don't work with endless trajectories or emotional drama.
I work with structure, sharpness, experience and decisiveness.
And I help you make your relationship a source of power again instead of an energy leak.

The Reconnect Approach

"What makes my approach as a relationship coach for entrepreneurs different from regular relationship therapy?"

At Reconnect Coaching, we combine the depth of relationship restoration with the speed and clarity leaders demand. Our approach is built on experience, urgency, and a sharp focus on results—because we understand what’s at stake when your relationship is under strain, yet your work cannot wait.

1. Immediacy – because a crisis does not tolerate a waiting list.

An emotional crisis that continues to fester pulls you out of focus, disrupts your decision-making skills and affects your energy levels. Our promise: start within 48 hours. So that you immediately regain peace and control.

2. Discretion - because your status should not come at the expense of your safety

Conversations remain between you and your coach. Upon request, we work with an NDA. Sessions take place in discreet locations or via a secure online environment. Your privacy is sacred.

3. Results-driven – because you don’t have time for endless talk.

Clear conversations, sharp analysis, practical tools - Together we get straight to the point, uncover the root of the problem, and turn insights into practical steps you can apply immediately — at home and in your leadership.

4. Depth - without detours, without masks

True change requires honesty and courage. At Reconnect, you get a mirror, not a script. Coaching that challenges, supports, and empowers you — without judgment, with full attention to who you really are.

5. Flexibility - because your schedule is not standard

Leaders don’t live by a nine-to-five rhythm — and neither do we. Sessions take place at times that suit your rhythm: early mornings, evenings, or online. You decide the format — we make it work. Our coaching adapts to your reality, so progress never has to wait for the “right moment.”

Reconnect Coaching is built on trust, clarity, and impact.

Not therapy, but coaching that restores balance, creates direction, and drives real growth.

For whom

Do you recognise yourself? Then this is for you

“Functioning doesn't mean it's going well” 

The Performer

Success is your identity. You always deliver. You give everything to your business, your team, your clients. What's left goes to home. And that's increasingly less. Your partner says something about it, or perhaps says nothing at all anymore. The latter is worse.

You know something's not right. But you can't stop, doing less feels like failure, and initiating conversations at home takes energy you don't have.

“Meanwhile, the gap grows a little wider each week.”

The Controller

You keep everything together. The company, the family, the finances, the planning. Everyone leans on you. But who asks how *you* are doing?


In your relationship, you feel alone. Or invisible. You do everything right, and yet something isn't right. You carry the tension in silence, because complaining isn't in keeping with who you are.

“Until the body takes over. Poor sleep. Short temper. A wall around you.”

The Accelerator

You build, you scale, you think three steps ahead. But your relationship has stood still. The ambition that drives you, pushes away at home.

 

Your partner doesn't understand where you want to go. You don't understand why that's so difficult. A gap opens up that grows a little larger with every success.

“Your biggest fear: achieving everything and standing there alone.”

Do you recognise this?

Then you also know: you won't solve this by working harder, waiting longer, or ignoring it.

"Would you like to know if I, as a relationship coach for entrepreneurs, can help you? Book an introductory meeting."
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Veelgestelde vragen

A relationship coach for entrepreneurs is a good idea when you're experiencing: * **Communication breakdowns:** Difficulty communicating effectively with your partner, leading to misunderstandings, arguments, or a general sense of disconnect. * **Work-life balance struggles:** Your entrepreneurial ventures are consistently encroaching on your personal life and relationship, causing resentment or neglect. * **Unmet expectations:** You and your partner have different visions for the future, your roles in the relationship, or how you spend your time and resources. * **Stress and pressure management:** The demands of running a business are impacting your emotional well-being and, consequently, your relationship, leading to irritability, anxiety, or withdrawal. * **Teamwork challenges:** You and your partner are finding it difficult to function as a team, whether in managing household responsibilities, shared financial goals, or supporting each other's ambitions. * **Recurring conflict patterns:** You find yourselves getting stuck in the same negative cycles of arguments without resolution. * **Desire for growth and deeper connection:** You want to proactively strengthen your relationship, improve intimacy, and build a more resilient partnership amidst the unique challenges of entrepreneurship. * **Navigating major business decisions together:** You need help agreeing on how business decisions (like funding, expansion, or pivoting) might impact your personal relationship and long-term goals. * **Partner feeling unsupported or overwhelmed:** Your partner is struggling to cope with the demands of your entrepreneurial lifestyle or feels like they are carrying a disproportionate load. * **Preparing for significant life changes:** You're planning future family events, financial milestones, or business exits and want to ensure your relationship is well-equipped to handle them.

A relationship coach for entrepreneurs is helpful once you notice that work pressure is spilling over into your relationship and conversations at home are increasingly getting stuck. Many entrepreneurs wait too long because they think it’s “not that bad yet,” while the distance at home is quietly growing.

Seek help sooner when:

  • communication becomes more difficult
  • Irritation continues to build
  • connection is decreasing
  • work pressure is affecting home life
  • of trust is damaged

The sooner you start counselling, the less damage will be caused and the sooner you will reconnect.

ReConnect Coaching & Relatieherstel is specifically a relationship coach for entrepreneurs, leaders and high-achievers for whom relationship problems are intrinsically linked to performance, energy and responsibility. Whereas regular relationship therapy primarily focuses on communication or conflict, we take a broader view.

We are working on:

  • how pressure and responsibility translate into your relationship
  • What patterns undermine connection
  • how you function under pressure
  • how you can reconnect without losing yourselves

We also support both partners, both individually and together.

Reconnect Coaching & Relatieherstel is intended for entrepreneurs, executives, professionals, and their partners who feel that tension at home is starting to affect their daily lives. A relationship coach for entrepreneurs is precisely then valuable, as regular coaching often overlooks the specific pressures this group lives with.

The guidance covers, among other things:

  • focus en mentale ruimte
  • Energy and recovery
  • at home
  • functioning under pressure
  • Leadership
  • Peace within the family

Often it concerns people who continue to function outwardly, whilst increasing distance grows at home.

Yes. As relationship coaches for entrepreneurs, we at ReConnect Coaching & Relationship Repair regularly guide couples through acute crises. Many clients come to us when:

  • Adultery
  • breach of trust
  • emotional distance
  • escalations
  • Relationship crisis
  • doubts about the relationship

In acute situations, we first focus on stabilisation and preventing further damage, before working on lasting change.

Direct Support is acute begeleiding door een relatiecoach voor ondernemers wanneer de situatie thuis dreigt te escaleren. Denk aan momenten waarop:

  • The overspel net has just been released
  • conversations escalating completely
  • Someone wants to leave
  • emotions taking over
  • panic sets in
  • This is getting out of hand

Within 48 hours, at Reconnect Coaching & Relationship Recovery, we will commence guidance focused on stabilisation, calm, structure, avoiding impulsive mistakes, and clarity on what is and isn't helpful.

Doubt is more common than people think, especially for entrepreneurial couples where the pressure is high. Doubt does not automatically mean the relationship is over. It often means that one or both partners have been functioning for too long within patterns that no longer work.

As a relationship coach for entrepreneurs, we don't just look at the question “stay together or break up”, but primarily at:

  • what lies beneath the doubt
  • Why the connection has disappeared
  • which patterns keep recurring
  • if safety and connection can be rebuilt

Clients of ReConnect Coaching & Relationship Recovery typically experience differences in:

  • Communication
  • Space within the relationship
  • Emotional safety
  • at home
  • functioning under pressure
  • Energy and recovery
  • connection
  • the way in which tension is absorbed

Not because life gets less busy. But because you learn to connect differently as life continues to move.

A programme with Reconnect Coaching & Relationship Recovery always starts with a personal meeting. In it, we look at:

  • the current situation
  • the impact on relationships and functioning
  • the dynamic between both partners
  • what is needed to prevent further escalation
  • which course of action best suits your situation

From there, we'll decide the next step together. 

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