Personal Growth: Say What You See™
Fear to Fun in 5 Steps
Fear! It started with our new 1 Million Readers Campaign. I was fine putting something up on the website, but the idea of marketing by putting myself out there made me want to run away. Here are the 5 steps I took to move from debilitating fear to fun in only 10 days! STEP 1: Start wherever you are and say what you see to yourself. (Hint: Friends and coaches who say what they see can help...
Read MoreGo the (Bleep) to Sleep
Never let it be said that we at Language of Listening™ don’t have a good sense of humor. This “children’s book for parents,” Go the (Bleep) to Sleep by Adam Mansbach, put us in stitches! What does it have to do with SAYing WHAT YOU SEE? It reflects just how you feel when you’re exhausted and your toddler won’t go to sleep. The irreverent and downright...
Read MoreBye-bye Overwhelm
You know the feeling of overwhelm you get when you don’t get as much done as you planned and then another big project pops up? I had a bad case of that last week. Thankfully, a good friend and life coach who is skilled at listening and using SAY WHAT YOU SEE was with me and caught something I couldn’t see for myself. The difference I felt by just being heard was instant! Thank you,...
Read More“Important” Breakthrough
You say what’s important to you. Sounds logical, but through most of my life, I looked to my circumstances or other people for permission to decide if something was important to me — including myself! I didn’t see it this way at the time, but I actually gave others the power to say what was important for me. That’s what you do when you can’t say what you like or...
Read MoreDone with Not Getting Done
I’ve been doing a lot of Sudoku puzzles lately. I can get several done a night, even when I am too tired to do anything else. I finally realized why: it’s my own version of backing up for a running leap. That realization helped me isolate a thought behind an extreme feeling of overwhelm I’ve been having about my three major writing projects. The SAY WHAT YOU SEE version...
Read MoreCan you love a child you don’t like?
The disturbing question “Can you love a child you don’t like?” comes up more than you can imagine. This dilemma can cause painful feelings of guilt for parents or teachers who have mixed feelings about a child, or harder yet, for those who find one child easier to like than another. When asked, my answer is always, “Of course,” but it’s been hard to explain...
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