assertiveness

On Change, Cats & Cultivate

I've been thinking a lot about change. On one hand, it's the only constant. And yet, on the other, the more things change, the more they...

“Ignore what others are thinking about you, because they aren’t.”

I love this Kevin Kelly rule from his post on The Technium. It made me laugh out loud. Initially, I thought he was going in the...

No!

Something horrendous happened to someone loved by somebody I love. That someone was a 13 year old girl. That someone didn't know the...

What It Feels Like for a Girl

Every now and then I rummage through my old CD collection looking for something nostalgic to play on long drives. I started doing this in...

“I’ll have what she’s having!” 3 Reasons to Love Ted Lasso S02 E05

Lessons on assertive communication from TED LASSO.

Three is a Magic Number

If you spent long ago Saturday mornings in the 70's watching School House Rock like me, you know it's true! Maybe, you came to it later,...

Everybody Dance!

Up until a few years ago, I routinely spent a few weeks each year running communication workshops in London. These were always some of my...

"What if no one shows up?"

Walking through your fear and reassessing the stories we tell ourselves. JoAnn Lauterbach

A Statement and Four Questions

Based on this statement, no over-thinking, please answer the following four questions. 1. If you had to guess the gender of the speaker,...

Men and Minimizing Language

Men minimize too. There is research to suggest that both sexes minimize, to more or less the same extent. However, the research indicates...

Breaking Habits -from Cigarettes to Sorrys

Feel an urge. Rummage in handbag. Grab a cigarette. Find the lighter. Flick it open. Ignite the flame. Inhale. Exhale. Gesture with...

Daughters, don't diminish yourselves!

This morning there were tears. My high-achieving daughter was asked to reflect on her stellar 2nd term report card for homework last...