Assertive Communication Skills
What do you tell your 6 year old child about brushing their teeth everyday? Something like: “If you don’t brush every day, you will lose your teeth.” That simple, right? A fact of life. Well, if you don’t … Read More
Emotional Intelligence, What Women Want Most
HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU WALKED AWAY FROM A”FIGHT” OR HEATED DISCUSSION WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER FEELING FRUSTRATED AGAIN BECAUSE YOU FEEL THEY DID NOT HEAR YOU OR UNDERSTAND YOU? Male clients and male friends often ask me the following … Read More
COMMUNICATION is CRUCIAL
Without adequate communication skills, we are asking for trouble. When there is mis-communication, we can experience endless frustrations in the form of wasted time, emotional pain due to thinking this was meant when this was not meant, loneliness, anger, … Read More
ANGER IS A FRIEND
Most people think anger/ rage/frustration are negative feelings. Well, they might feel bad when we first experience them, but these feelings are all just energy. This means they can be transformed into positive action, positive experience. HOW? you might ask. … Read More
Observations, Non-Violent Communication
“The first component of non-violent communication entails the separation of observation from evaluation. We need to clearly observe what we are seeing, hearing, or touching that is effecting our sense of well-being, without mixing in any evaluation. Observations are an … Read More