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September 2010

61st Birthday – Looking Back, Looking Forward

September 27, 2010

It’s not just the beginning of a new year in my life today. It also happens to be the first day of my newly formatted Healthy Communication Workshop, part of orientation week for incoming freshmen at Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine.

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Sometimes the BEST Communication Technique is NO Technique At All!

September 20, 2010

I had already been speaking professionally for a number of years at that point. I had my own style. I had my own way with words. I had confidence and strong material. But when they told us what the judges were looking for, I set aside everything I knew about speaking, and tried to do it their way. The result?

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If All You Know Is What You Don’t Want…

September 13, 2010

Because if there is a choice to be made between the difficulty of life and the desire for fulfillment, knowing what you do want can bring you back into the light, where you’ll find the better angels of human nature, including yours,

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Best Way To Handle Yourself In A Conflict Situation

September 6, 2010

Knowing what you want, making the distinction between what someone is doing and what you think about what they’re doing, and then knowing the principles of good communication, you can engage with people in a positive instead of a negative way

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