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Relationship Counselling Book and Marriage Counseling Book: Are They the Same?

Bookstore shelves always have a number of books on relationships. These can be directed toward the individual, though some are actually directed toward the couple. Since there are new books appearing regularly, it is impossible to make any recommendation ... Read >
Author: R Moss

Open Your Mind, Learn How to Listen to People And Your Life Will Change - It Will All Be Yours

RULE #7 - LISTEN TO PEOPLE WHEN THEY SPEAK, ESPECIALLY CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS. You cannot listen when you have an agenda. You cannot listen when you are just waiting for a pause in the conversation so you can insert your opinion. You cannot listen wh... Read >
Author: Monique Schlosser

Six Essential Tips For Improving Your Listening Skills

Copyright (c) 2009 Peggy L. Ferguson, Ph.D. The ability to effectively listen is an extremely important skill to have. "Active listening" as it is encouraged by family life educators, and marital counselors, is the ability to "reflect back" what was a... Read >
Author: Peggy L. Ferguson, Ph.D.

The Effective Use of Feedback

Conversations can be a tricky business. Sometimes, decoding what is said with what is meant is difficult at best. However, communication is a necessary tool in todays world. And it's not only speaking that can be difficult, but trying to interpret body la... Read >
Author: Francesco Pratt

Family -- Honoring the Elders

Many Elders are leaving the planet, taking their wisdom with them because no one is taking the time to learn the ways of the ancestors. This is a sad state of affairs. It is time once again to return the Elders to their role as wisdom keepers and learn th... Read >
Author: Theresa Crabtree

All About Life Skills and How They Can Help you

Find out about life skills and how they can help you There are a lot of life skills that are important in life. Depending on what kind of circumstances you live in, some skills come into play more than the others. Whether you are at home or at work... Read >
Author: VictorG

Active Communication (Listening) Skills during Role Play

In this article we will identify the skills of active listening and practice the skills during role play situations. Instructional format communication will mainly involve modeling and role playing. Take care of your body language to reinforce the informa... Read >
Author: Nick Mutt

Relationships: The Art of Listening

In 1974, Dr. Virginia Satir presented the concept of mirroring in her groundbreaking book, "Conjoint Family Therapy."In 1975 Dr. Thomas Gordon wrote a best-selling book called "Parent Effectiveness Training." In the book he taught parents to "active liste... Read >
Author: Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

The secrets of a great first date

A good place to go on a first date is a fairly quiet and cosy restaurant.You'll have an opportunity to relax with your date in the right atmosphere where you can chat and get to know each other. Avoid noisy crowded places where it will be difficult to ... Read >
Author: Eileen Edwards

5 ways to almost guarantee he will choose you

The downside of meeting someone who is attractive and desirable is that other women will find him attractive too. Here are 5 things that you can do to get ahead of the competition. 1/ Active listening, this means really giving him your undivided attent... Read >
Author: Eileen Edwards

All the rage?

Rage is all around us. Road rage, desk rage, computer rage, air rage, trolley rage. So what do you do when you find yourself in a situation which has suddenly got out of hand? Of course some people will do all they can to avoid conflict. As a result t... Read >
Author: Carole Spiers

Effective Communication Skills: Active Listening

"Seek first to understand, then to be understood." Active listening is the ability to capture and understand the messages that others are communicating whether these messages are transmitted verbally or nonverbally, clearly or vaguely. It is not simply... Read >
Author: Barbara Small

4 Important Keys of Effective Communication

There are four aspects of effective communication. Remember, not all communication is verbal. Actions, facial expressions, and posture all communicate a message. Some people unknowingly send the wrong message. 1. Discretion. The dictionary defines d... Read >
Author: Robb Thompson

Why the World's Highest Performing Managers Talk Less and Listen More.

Copyright (c) 2008 Shona Garner Before you became a manager, you may well have spent much of your time listening to those above you, telling you what to do and how to do it. Now you're the boss - you think it's your turn to do the talking while your mi... Read >
Author: Shona Garner

Overcome Loneliness and Win Friends with 9 Easy Steps

Some people tend to have a "magnetic" personality that easily attracts others to them, while some people have no magnetism and tend to be ignored by others. What makes the difference among people who have personal magnetism and those who do not? Is it som... Read >
Author: Rick Cowles

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