A Call Across the Pond; Transforming Relationships at School, at Home and Beyond

By Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag

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Transform your relationships at school - with your students and peers, and in life - with your family, friends and colleagues. Enjoy conversations about prioritizing communication with an intentional approach to healthy and inclusive relationships. Tara Gretton and Vicky Essebag are experienced solution-focused practitioners and instructional leaders with a background in education, social work and family therapy. Tara (UK), and Vicky (Canada), enjoy sharing their thoughts and reflections - across the pond. Join them during their regular chats as they interview amazing leaders and share their insights and expertise. You will love their energy, inspiration and compassion as they promote well-being in productive relationships for ALL. Check out their youtube channel at https://www.youtube.com/@Relationspaces) for their Relationspaces Power Bursts. These are short video clips during which Tara and Vicky ask a relationship-based question which they answer using their solution-focused expertise, and in under 10 minutes.

Tara Gretton is the founder of Solution Revolution. She fell in love with the Solution-Focused (SF) approach in 2002. Tara is on a mission to share the magic of the SF approach with schools, children, young people and families. She also feels passionately about young people’s voices being heard and loves to train young people in the solution-focused approach. Tara also enjoys working with musicians, actors and breath workers where they bring the magic of SF and the arts together. https://www.solutionrevolution.co.uk/.

Vicky Essebag is an experienced educator, school leader, family therapist and certified solution-focused coach. As a relational comnmunication specialist, she is widely known for teaching solution-focused practice to support effective communication for ALL. Vicky inspires and motivates parents, schools and organizations to cultivate and strengthen relationships that are grounded in equity, inclusion, success and well-being. She is author of Relationspaces; A Solution-Focused Handbook for Parents, and Founder of the coaching and consulting company - Relationspaces- www.relationspaces.com. 


Episode Date
An Interview with Linda Metcalf and Marcella Stark; Celebrating Solution Focus in Education and Counselling
Aug 30, 2025
An Interview with Sonja Pullen: Instructional Coaching
Jul 21, 2025
An Interview with Tamiko Nettles: Empowering Schools to 'Let Go and Be Great'!
Jun 23, 2025
An Interview with Jessica Morgenthal: Coaching with Power & Purpose while Looking to Nature
May 03, 2025
An Interview with Keita Demming: How Businesses Thrive by Moving Beyond the Lone Wolf
Apr 01, 2025
An Interview with Shane Leaning - Change in Schools from Within
Mar 01, 2025
Uplifting the Environment and Community One Tree at a Time - An Interview with Adam Gretton
Dec 14, 2024
Interview with Ayse Adil
Oct 30, 2024
An Interview with Tara Gretton
Sep 11, 2024
An Interview with Naomi Whitehead: Inspiring our Lives with Solution-Focus
Jun 20, 2024
RELATIONSPACES Interview with Vicky Essebag
May 08, 2024
Personal Wellness Through Breath Work; An Interview with Jacqui Storm
Jan 16, 2024
An Interview with Gaia - A Trans Woman; On Self-Discovery, Activism & Empowering Others
Dec 07, 2023
Interview with Carolyn Albanese on Well-being & the Impact of Mental Health Stigma on Relationships
Nov 05, 2023
Interview with Meg Durham from the School of Wellbeing Podcast
Oct 25, 2023
Tales of the Unexpected; How Young People can Surprise Us
Oct 22, 2023
A Questioning Stance to Engage our Children in Conversation
Sep 28, 2023
Ready-Set-School
Aug 19, 2023
An Open SUMMERY Conversation
Jul 23, 2023
Forming Relationships in Schools
Jun 30, 2023
Noticing What Works
Jun 20, 2023
Managing our Emotions in Relationships
Jun 06, 2023
The Simplicity of Kindness
May 27, 2023
Maintaining Positive Relationships During Exam Periods in Schools and at Home
May 09, 2023
Interview with Haesun Moon PhD; Curating Better Conversations
Apr 24, 2023
A Trip Down Memory Lane; Our Experiences with Family During the Holidays
Apr 07, 2023
Reframing Success; The Power of the Small
Apr 05, 2023
De-Mystifying Solution-Focus
Mar 29, 2023
Being Present
Mar 13, 2023