October - 2016

Oct 27, 2016
3 min

Communication Cheats (Hacks? Tips?)

I hate being misunderstood. It is one of my least favorite things. In fact, it kind of eats me up inside. I know I need to care less what other people think of me but that is easier to do when I haven’t been misunderstood. The problem is that we can be so concerned with being understood that we don’t spend the same amount of effort to listen to and understand others. I have been lucky to learn the skills of listening through my master’s in counselling. I spent 3 years l

Oct 6, 2016
2 min

Understanding Our Personality Traits

Often when I am with groups of people, sitting and talking with others I think, “Do I really want to spend my time talking about this?” The same thought rarely occurs to me when I am talking one on one with people because usually the conversation goes a little deeper, but group conversation? Not my thing. I kind of wish it was. It looks fun. Kind of. At least it looks like fun for them. I’ve learned that I am an extroverted introvert, and in learning about my personality type

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