Tips for Effective Communication

I recently posted about the importance of effective communication for healthy living and mentioned three levels or categories that I believe people fall into:

Communication Hibernation - Denying the need for communication and “keep quiet”
Communication Frustration - You think you’re point is clear but you’re not being understood.
Communication Appreciation – When you speak clearly and you’re [...]

Practicing What I Preach - Reaching in My Toolbox

As a practitioner in the health and wellness field it can be challenging to practice what I preach.
I talk to so many people who are great at offering advice and then forget to practice it themselves, myself included. It’s so much easier to “preach” or as I prefer to say share the knowledge and [...]

Kids and Stress

The other day I was watching the channel 7 evening news and they had a segment called Parent to Parent and the topic was Kids and Stress. This segment caught my attention not because of my kids, I don’t have any, but because stress and helping people manage it is a large part of [...]

The Biggest Loser - Season Premier

Tonight was the season premier of the Biggest Loser Season 4. I’ve watched it here and there in the past and never took the time to get into it. This season I plan to watch faithfully to get behind the psychology (the yelling, the butt-kicking, the group airplane pull). I realize some people need to [...]

How Peaceful Are You?

Through my yoga and meditation I try to keep peace with my internal and external world. It’s not always easy and yet I keep pushing. According to this quiz I’ve still got quite a bit of work to do!
How peaceful are you? Take this quiz to find out!

You Are 62% Peaceful

You are a very [...]

P90X - Final Thoughts

Today ends 12 weeks with P90X. Next week is a “recovery week”. Then what? Start over? Go back to the same old, same old? I’m not sure. Part of me would like to keep going with it, part of me would like a break. I’ll take my recovery week next week and then see how [...]

Speaking Our Truth - A lesson from my niece

Like many young children, today my niece and nephew started school. My nephew entered kindergarten and my niece preschool. I called to my sister’s to check in on how the first day of school went - both for the kids and for mom! When I asked I heard her say to my niece [...]

Effective Communication for Healthy Living

The following comes from the September Let it Flow Newsletter…
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. [...]

Improve Communication: Join Toastmasters

I believe communication is a key component to healthy living. Whether with your family, work colleagues, clients or yourself, communication is a daily activity. There are a variety of ways to help improve communication skills, and for many people joining a club can offer support, encouragement and motivation. Toastmasters is a great organization [...]

Summer Survey Results - Indulgences

Thank you to those who participated in the indulgence survey. Even if you didn’t have a chance you still can by clicking here.
The new survey on communication is live. Take the survey now!
Here are the results from the Indulgence survey:
How do you currently indulge yourself?The responses varied and people are definitely doing themselves some good! [...]