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Vaccine Conversations

Vaccine Conversations

When I mentioned to my mother that I was going to be offering a workshop on how to approach “the vaccine conversation” nonviolently, she laughingly empathized with, “Oh my, you’ve just put yourself in the middle of a hornet’s nest.”

It certainly feels that way.

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4 Ways to Connect in Relationships

4 Ways to Connect in Relationships

On a recent group coaching call, I got a number of big questions about how to heal from trauma. In the moment, I remembered how the simple practice of connecting with others and with ourselves can be a fundamental tool for healing. Connection can be healing. With that in mind, I responded by sharing the four key distinctions we try to make when we want to connect rather than disconnect in our communication and our relationships.

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Tuning Into the Energy Behind Your Words

Sometimes, we start talking simply to discharge built up energy. We vent, we rage, we think out loud, we process verbally, we gossip, and we form alliances with others. Other times, we’re speaking because we want to bridge a gap between parts of ourselves or between ourselves and other people.

As you dive into your next conversation, slow down for a moment and ask yourself, why am I speaking right now? What am I trying to achieve?

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