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How To Communicate With Someone Who Doesn’t Understand You

How To Communicate With Someone Who Doesn’t Understand You

How many times have you thought to yourself…. Do they really understand where I’m coming from?   Let’s face it, relationships are hard sometimes ….or lots of the time, depending on how well you have learned to fight and make up. This is important whether you work...

What To Do When You Don’t Have Enough Support

What To Do When You Don’t Have Enough Support

Ever noticed you need support at 3am? How inconvenient is that! Your partner is fast asleep, you are worried about some work thing you’ve got on tomorrow and now that thing has entered your head; you can’t stop the thoughts churning. Or you just may be an exhausted...

How to stop feeling bitter

How to stop feeling bitter

How to stop feeling bitter   I met someone recently who, prior to my training in non-judgement, I might describe as a crabby old woman. She seemed bitter and complained about everything. Have you met one of these? One lives in the apartment block next door to me....

Getting Your Family To Talk

Getting Your Family To Talk

“How was your day?” “Fine.” “What did you learn today?” “Nothing.” Recognise this pattern? Yes, these types of conversations happen in my home too. My kids have moved out.  Just so you know they are not 12 and they didn't run away from home. This type of...

Value of The Vent

Value of The Vent

The Value of The Vent Dissolving the intensity of emotions (yours or others) so we can be heard and foster trust, harmony and respect in all our relationships. Two facts about angry outbursts You are likely to piss off or scare the hell out of others, especially...

Being An Extraordinary Leader

Being An Extraordinary Leader

...Being an Extraordinary Leader – for Your Family and Your Business Knowing WHAT to say, HOW to say it and WHEN to say it transforms relationships. Many articles I read seem to be asking us to be leaders. Being technically great at what we enjoy is only part of it....

Never Wrestle With Pigs

Never Wrestle With Pigs

Never Wrestle with Pigs....You both get dirty and the pig likes it -George Bernard Shaw Bullying is everywhere. Playground. Boardroom. Bedroom.If you believe the saying “what you focus on grows”, then you can run your own program when it comes to people who treat you...

How To Get Co-operation From Team Members

How To Get Co-operation From Team Members

If youSomething you may not know about me is that I run another business for pet sitting where I look after pets of all kinds in the pet’s home. I get loads of hugs from the pets and appreciation from the pet’s owners. Not so different from coaching really. Both are...

Making Relationships Work With Busy Schedules

Making Relationships Work With Busy Schedules

You are arguing with your partner and then it hits you! You know full well it’s their fault, so you let them know. In one way or another, you are saying what you are doing right now is making me unhappy. Unfortunately, you just gave them all the power.  YEP!...

Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves

Resolving Conflict Within Ourselves

We retreat to our caves to feel safe Judgment closes us down and seems final. When someone has judged us, it’s safe to say it was a negative experience. For example, I recently called a colleague as I had thoughts of our relationship not being that friendly. As I...

How to make difficult conversations painless and productive.

ARE YOU CONSTANTLY WALKING ON EGGSHELLS?

 

Is it becoming difficult to talk to your boss, partner or family member?

 

I have seen otherwise savvy, intelligent professionals self-destruct because of the dismissive way their manager or family member have treated them.

 

If not speaking up, talking louder or talking over someone to get your point across has started to become your go to method of conflict resolution, please put your details in the space below where I will give you 3 things you can do instead. 

 

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