“I came to the conclusion that there is an existential moment in your life when you must decide to speak for yourself; nobody else can speak for you.” Martin Luther King Countless people silence their voices in their most important relationships out of fear of the other person’s anger and reactivity. In marriage, when you […]
Out With the Old; In With the New
“True peace is not merely the absence of tension; it is the presence of justice.” ~Martin Luther King The harder you work to “keep the peace,” shut down conflict and avoid having difficult conversations, the more you guarantee a lack of true peace—in your home and in yourself. Walking on eggshells, silencing, avoiding, or pretending […]
Radically New Relationships: Communication Mastery
Communication mastery can only happen when you focus on the process, not the content. Often, when I stress to clients the importance of being calm, grounded, and respectful when speaking to one another, their knee-jerk response is some version of, “Omg, no one talks like that.” And this is how the conversation goes from there: Lisa: […]
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