The Body Speaks – Are You Listening?

The Body Speaks – Are You Listening?

I wasn’t.   Her body language said so much. I could see the discomfort long before it was her turn to speak. Twisting uncomfortably in her chair, a frown appearing, disappearing and reappearing. I had the feeling that her palms were sweaty, eyes looking down a...
Do You Dare Go To The “Grateful Edge”?

Do You Dare Go To The “Grateful Edge”?

When I wrote this over 4 years ago, I thought I had started to come through the most difficult conflicts of my life. I had no idea that they were the preparation for the hell I was about to experience for the next three years. I am thankful for the grateful edge and I...
They Hear What You’re Putting Down

They Hear What You’re Putting Down

Feedback vs. Criticism, lines crossed   It is a cry I have heard far too often over the last couple of years. “It is difficult to manage millennials, they hear feedback as criticism and are always taking everything personally.” What’s interesting about this to me...
I Have to Push This With Ya’ll

I Have to Push This With Ya’ll

We have got to make the difficult conversations the every day ones   So let’s start with racism. There are so many tragedies and wrongs going on that you may not know where to turn. Well, I do. Whether you want to believe it or not, at the bottom of the...
New Year – Same Conflicts?

New Year – Same Conflicts?

What have you carried forward into the new year?   Happy New Year all! Let’s get down to it. There are some things that we have brought into this new year with us that needed to be left behind. Maybe it is a grudge or a relationship issue still unresolved or...
So You Want to Make It Right?

So You Want to Make It Right?

It’s Not Too Late To Try. The holidays are here. Pressures rise, which means the likelihood of saying the wrong thing rises with it. You know what I am talking about. You are trying to list and organize all of the things you have to do and they are many. Daily...