Drastic Measures

A Complete Opposite Resorts to Drastic Measures Summary: (wife-ENFJ: husband-ISTP) Several years ago a wife came for counseling after she had left her alcoholic husband saying “When you quit drinking, I’ll return”.  He was so shocked by her actions and promised to quit drinking. He begged her to come…

An article in my absence

Here is an interesting article from The Atlantic that I thought my readers would enjoy. Research shows that practically every dimension of life happiness is influenced by the quality of one’s marriage, while divorce is the second most stressful life event one can ever experience. Yet nearly half of…

Wordless Messages

Meaningful Wordless Messages To wrap up our dialogue about elements of communication: body language, tone and content  let’s review some obvious—well used wordless expressions which save many words and time. Send me some of your favorite nice expressions that I can add to my list. Warm hand shake.…

Dramatic Body Language

Two comments from An Extrovert’s Listening Insights piece have inspired the following Blog. 1. DRAMATIC BODY LANGUAGE “Unfortunately, there are times when my body language is about 80% and I can't hide it! I used to teach this information on communication, but it was really good to…

An Extrovert's Listening Insights

"It's funny, I always felt that I was a good listener but then I realized how much I was missing when I stopped talking and really began to listen. Having cancer has taught me many things and this is one of them. During my treatments I often…

Noise Control Insights:

A blog reader recently commented: ”I want to help my Extroverted friends to understand a little-understood reality regarding Introverts and noise. Since there’s no doubt that I’m an Introvert, It is often assumed that I never like any noise. However, I am perfectly fine with noise that I…

Handling Conversation Blurts

HANDLING CONVERSATION ”BLURTS" “I'd like to avoid people who are just off in another planet,” writes Wendy.  “I want to understand them but sometimes I just can't which makes me uncomfortable. They seem to be rare. But I just can't feel where they…

New Book

The amusing responses to my new title How To Get Along With Everyone are worth sharing. “Oh, I know a lot of people who need to read that book”; I really need to read that;” “I need 10 copies”, fast.  One gal had a full list: “I have several people…