Posts by Sandy

I kept doing this same thing each morning, expecting a different result…

I kept doing this same thing each morning, expecting a different result…

Guest post by Dalia Liolia, Authorized Language of Listening® Coach: I was overloaded. I was wearing my laptop bag on one shoulder and my heavy purse on the other, holding my travel coffee mug and car keys in my hands with my one-liter water bottle under my arm, ready to open the door and leave for work. Plus, I was running late. "Guys, I'm leav-i-i-i-ng!" Both my children ran to hug me. "Bye...

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KUT 90.5 Interview

LEARNING TO LISTEN   Julie Moody of KUT 90.5 interviews Sandy Blackard, founder of Language of Listening®:   https://languageoflistening.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/JULIE121609.mp3 "Ask any parent, and they will tell you that parenting is a lifelong learning experience. Most come to it ill-equipped, with little experience or training at first, and learn the skills needed with...

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How do I know if I’m a good parent?

How do I know if I’m a good parent?

There's a real reason you might not know what kind of a job you are doing as a parent. Rachel Norman, Authorized Language of Listening® Coach and author of A Mother Far from Home blog, shared this huge epiphany with her newsletter readers and gave me permission to share it with you. It makes our modern dilemma crystal clear. ... So anyway, I was reading this one excerpt [from a parenting book...

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Money—What if it really could “just show up”?

Money—What if it really could “just show up”?

I've been looking at the concept of abundance lately and discovered I've been very sad that my heart's desire to have money just show up has not panned out. Before you jump in to offer advice on how that's not realistic, let me say that I'm keenly aware of how fantasy-like that sounds. But I am also aware that something about it is right for me. It has to be because it is something I have...

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Responding to Rudeness, Stubbornness and Defiance

Responding to Rudeness, Stubbornness and Defiance

Language of Listening® Coach, Camilla Miller of Keeping Your Cool Parenting shares what every parent needs to know when their child is acting out. Reprinted from her blog with permission.   The Most Powerful Way to Handle a Rude, Aggressive or Defiant Child. Her cheeks red, kicking out at anyone who dared come close. “You can’t make me!” she howled. And she was right! This was my...

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