Category Archives: Communication

Frustration, Losing Your Temper and Burning Bridges

Has this happened to you? I’ve seen this 3 times just in the last few days. I’m not sure if there is a theme going around or maybe it’s the full moon from yesterday.  I don’t normally follow the moon cycles but it was hard to miss as it was intense, radiant and felt like […]

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Forgiveness as a Family Tradition

Once a month I experience a treat. No it’s not a massage (although that sounds like a fabulous idea right now!), nor another trip to the Mediterranean. What I get to experience as a treat is a business support group meeting where I surround myself with some of the most amazing people I’ve ever met. […]

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How To Know What People Really Think?!

Did you ever see the show “Lie To Me?” I recently ordered the First Season from Netflix and I’m hooked. I’m now wishing I watched it when it was running and that it didn’t go off the air. So…How would you like to know what your prospect, client, or employee is really thinking? There is […]

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Trust – Is it earned or granted?

A few weeks ago I attended my Vistage monthly meeting. Being a part of this group is such an honor due to the level of sharing, honesty, and vulnerability that is present in our conversations. Needless to say they get interesting depending on the issues that the participants bring up that are challenging them, or […]

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The Gift and the Curse

Do you see yourself as one of those people who only can see the good in things? There’s something to be said about Debbie Downers but then there’s this whole other breed of people. The Positive Pollyanna’s who only have good things to say about everything and can pick out the minutest positive aspect of […]

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Do I Really Have To?

“No, you don’t, but why wouldn’t you want to?!”  “Why do I have to be the one to do it?”  “Well, you are the one who is thinking about it, expending energy on it, and experiencing emotions because of it.”  This is the conversation I would be having with you in regards to why it […]

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Do you have a hard time asking for help?

This is something I still struggle with sometimes. Years ago I had the realization that the message I was giving out was “I’m fine by myself, I don’t NEED anyone else”, if someone is in my life, it’s because I want them there, not because I need them. I also realized how that affected me […]

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