The Penny Has Dropped
And what a surprise it was. And yet at the same time, it wasn’t. After all, it had been staring me in the face and pulling at my ears for years but maybe I didn’t really want to acknowledge the …
Category: Communication Skills
By adding to your communication skills, you’ll be able to navigate your way skillfully and successfully through the storms of conflict to a safer, calmer place where everyone gets what they really need.
All too often, when we start to experience conflict, we move into a flight or fight reaction which is no surprise for where have we learned to react in any other way?
Using the knowledge and skills of Communicate for a Change, you’ll discover how to move confidently from criticism to curiosity, from separation to connection, from confusion to clarity and argument to understanding and agreement.
Natural or Normal?
For months, I’ve been doing a pretty good impersonation of Rip van Winkle (well, I thought it fitted better than Sleeping Beauty!) I was stirred to write because I’ve been increasingly dismayed by the growing trend of what I believe …
‘Kids Do Well if They Can’ Dr. Ross Greene
A child psychologist and psychology professor, Dr Ross Greene is best known for developing Collaborative & Proactive Solutions (CPS), a researched-based method of working with children displaying challenging behaviours. He describes this as a ‘non-punitive, non-adversarial, trauma-informed model of care.’ …
Nonviolent Communication – Marshall Rosenberg
Thinking, writing or talking about Marshall Rosenberg in just a few words is difficult for me because of the life changing impact he and his work have had on my life since one day in 1997. Yes, it’s a …