by skimhenson | Aug 5, 2016 | listening and talking
“Say what you mean, but don’t say it mean.” Anonymous I’ve written a lot lately about speaking up. Next thing I know, I’m also speaking up on my vlog, but this time it’s about being quiet unless we frame what we say in a positive light, in a way that tells what we...
by skimhenson | Jul 28, 2016 | listening and talking
“The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.” Coco Chanel I’m voting for Donald Trump. There, I said it. And, believe it or not, this is not a political blog post. It’s a personal one, as well as the only one I could make sense of this week. The...
by skimhenson | Jul 16, 2016 | listening and talking
“If you ask me what I came into this life to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” Emile Zola “Mammy, stop talking, okay? Look at Lalaloopsy,” said Claire, my nearly three-year-old granddaughter. She held up one hand to interrupt me, while the other...
by skimhenson | Apr 21, 2016 | listening and talking
“It is not distance that keeps people apart, but lack of communication.” Unknown Here’s the post I didn’t write last week, but meant to. It’s the one about our communication that hasn’t taken place … for three years. I started not to write it this week either, except...
by skimhenson | Apr 14, 2016 | emotions, listening and talking
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw On our way home from church Sunday afternoon, John asked where I wanted to eat. We were close by a cafeteria we used to frequent, so I mentioned stopping...
by skimhenson | Apr 6, 2016 | emotions, listening and talking
“The biggest problem with communication is we do not listen to understand. We listen to reply.” Unknown A couple of blog posts ago, I shared inside one of our arguments titled, I’m Posting on Friday Because … This week I’m sharing more about communication...