We Are Family…How to Communicate During the Holidays
When the holidays roll around, many of us dread getting together with family and friends. Maybe you’ve become accustomed to it ending in conflict, guilt, shame or blame. It doesn’t have to be that way. When you learn how to communicate during the holidays, you can stand in your own power with innocence and authenticity.…
The Law of Appreciation, for Happier Holidays
When you think of the holidays and appreciation, what comes to mind? Do you think of being grateful for the gifts you receive? Or do you wait for others to show appreciation for what you’ve given them, or done for them? Or, do you feel appreciation when someone comes to visit, or does something thoughtful…
Essential Leadership Traits, Part One
Last time we met in this space, we talked about finding your own leadership style by paying attention to the leadership traits you admire in others. And as promised, I’m back with my top essential leadership traits. Leadership looks a bit different for every conscious leader; however, in my experience, these are the essential…
You Have a Voice: Telling Your Truth
More than ever, it’s critical that conscious leaders around the globe have a voice. And it’s critical that they use that voice as part of an effective communication strategy if they want to make a difference and create a win/win world. Your communication is the response you get. This means that if you don’t like…
Foot in Mouth Syndrome: the Keys to Effective Communication
If you’ve ever been told to shut up, or that your opinion doesn’t matter, or if you’ve been reprimanded and made to feel that you don’t have a voice, then you might have Foot-in-Mouth Syndrome. Communication is the response you get, so if you’re not getting the responses you want in business, family and love,…
Improve Communication in 3 Steps
When you learn to improve communication, you will feel heard, you will gain respect, and all of your relationships will be more fulfilling. In my last article, Better Communication in Seconds, we explored the power of being present. If you missed that one, click on the link and spend five minutes learning to improve your…
Better Communication in Seconds
Better Communication is huge! Poor communication is not only one of the top reasons relationships end, addressing it can help to heal all the other reasons. When you think of poor communication, you might think about the silent treatment or secret-keeping. In reality, it can be much more subtle and hard to recognize—particularly when you…
The Essence of Relationships: Self, Others and Beyond
What patterns show up in your relationships? Do they leave you? Or do you leave before they can go? Do you feel like you’re always being punished? Or do you have trouble trusting, or equate relationships with pain? Your subconscious thoughts, or BubbleTalk, are created by the beliefs instilled in you at a very young…
The Wet Truth Process
When you pronounce the word Intimacy like “In To Me See,” you can begin to have a better understanding of what it really means. We often equate intimacy with sex, when in fact, they can exist separately from each other. Intimacy means opening our hearts to each other, so “into each other we can see,”…
Men are Dogs and the Woman is Always Right
Men are Dogs? Really? Stick with me here… If you’ve ever wondered why men and women have trouble communicating… Or if you’ve wondered why you have so much trouble getting what you want from a relationship… Of if you’ve ever wondered what causes you to fall out of love… Then it can help to gain…
