Tips for Holding Transformational Conversations

How Do You Know When You Are Using Your Intuition Or Intellect?

How do you discern the difference in body intelligence from intellectual invention – is it intuition or interpretation? This post will give you tips.

Stop Trying to Pay Attention

Listening is not the same as being emotionally present. You must consciously choose your emotions to hold meaningful conversations that move people forward. Read this post to learn how to fully be with people when interacting.

Do You Have Conversations or Inspired Experiences?

A conversation doesn’t guarantee a meaningful experience. This post will give you three steps to create connections that change people’s lives.

5 Life Lessons I Learned On My Hike

While climbing the highest mountain near me, I stopped to record lessons I felt were good metaphors for life as well as for hiking alone.

Do You Want to Be Proficient or Profound?

To give the most value to your clients and colleagues, seek to be profound, not just proficient. This requires you let go of how you define yourself. The practice is not easy. This post will help you launch your journey.

Envisioning A Future When Anything Could Happen

These 3 practices will help you create flexible visions without giving up what is most important to you, especially when the future is uncertain.

Is Your Empathy Serving or Hurting You?

Can you tell when you feel empathic concern or empathic distress? One connects, the other hurts. Use non-reactive empathy to get better results.

5 Ways to Shift from Coaxing to Coaching

Coaxing vs. Challenging. Do you know the difference? Read the 5 examples that demonstrate the difference and tips for challenging effectively.

Five Conversational Stingers That Can Wound a Relationship

When stressed, we often hurl conversational stingers that can wound a relationship. Read this post for examples, and tips to regulate your reactions.

CAN YOU JUST SHUT UP?

When uncomfortable, we often talk too much. If you just shut up, open up, and listen with compassionate curiosity, you can better understand what people need. You can learn what to say. Read for tips on how to receive instead of offer ideas.

How to Revive a Brain Attacked by Stress

When attacked by acute stress, our brains shut down. We can revive the brains of others by using compassionate curiosity. Follow these tips to open minds.

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Video – What Type of Silence Are You Using?

The type of silence you are using will impact the effectiveness of your conversation.

When They Look to You to Lead is the Perfect Time to Coach

What is the best way to lead right now when the future is not clear and people are expecting the worse to happen?

Fun in Quarantine – Using Humor to Fortify your Mind, Body, and Spirit

There are many things you can lose right now. There is one thing you can keep – your sense of humor! Read 10 tips for staying healthy with humor.

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How to Deal with Needy People

When you feel the tug of someone you think is overly needy, what do you do?

9 Types of Silence and the Impact of Each

Here is a list of 9 types of silence and how each position might impact your conversations either positively or negatively.

Learn to Discern What to Let Go Of to Increase What You Want

You need to learn to discern what you need to hold onto and let go of everything else. This will give you the time and energy to realize the success you desire.

Why Goals Don’t Work and What to Do Instead

Goals don’t work not because people don’t set up the mental habit to support the desired change. Take the steps in this post to realize the change you want to make.

Are You a Knowledge Sherpa? You might be if you coach with reflective inquiry

In his book, How We Think, John Dewey described reflective inquiry as “enabling others to climb a tree in their minds.” They gain a broader standpoint to see connections and faults in thinking to better assess what to do next. This post explains how we do this.