Isn’t it great to sit down with your spouse or partner in the evening and talk about everything that’s happened that day? Or maybe meet an old friend for a cup of coffee or a drink and catch up on the news from old friends? One of the magical things about those...
Networking And The Power Of A Question
Acting intuitively is something that almost everyone does, especially in certain situations. Take meeting a new person at work, for example. Or approaching someone you don’t know at a cocktail party. Or greeting someone on the patio after a worship service. Most...
Using Questions To Help Raise Your Kids
As any parent can tell you, raising kids is an adventure. Watching them turn from infants to toddlers to children interacting with their friends is magical. Along the way, of course, kids need a lot of guidance: learning to share, respect others and observe boundaries...
Tips For Becoming An Expert Conversationalist
One of the joys of parenthood is witnessing your child’s “firsts.” Their first smile, their first step walking and, most preciously, their first words. Many parents sit in awe as their child almost magically learns to talk. Although this is a natural process — with...
Why We Feel So Wonderful After A Good Conversation
Whether we think about it or not, almost everyone intuitively recognizes what a “conversation” is. When we talk to the person checking us out at the supermarket — who might ask, are these organic apples? to get the price right — we don’t go home and tell our partner,...
The Beauty Of Asking ‘Why?’
Any parent of a four- or five-year-old can probably tell you about the “never-ending loop of no return.” That’s when a parent causally points out something to their child — those clouds are called ‘cumulus clouds’ — and gets the terrifying reply: “why?” No matter how...
Make Your Family Stories Come Alive
In my recent blog, For Kids, Five Little Things That Make A Big Difference, I mentioned the importance of telling family stories. It’s a good and dramatic way to teach kids valuable life lessons. If an uncle or grandmother or some other relative had a hardship —...
Is Your Partner Really The Right One?
Ah, dating! What a wonderful ritual young (and often, not-so-young) people go through. And if you’re rolling your eyes or trying not to laugh at the adjective “wonderful,” you’re not alone. Dating can be stressful, anxiety-producing, nerve-wracking… the list goes on...
Tips To Navigate A Long-Term Relationship
When you’re dating and then forming a long-term romantic relationship, you might feel like you’re exploring a vast wilderness of uncharted territory. You might find yourself stopping and thinking, “Where am I and where am I going?” That’s perfectly natural, but in...
Do’s And Don’ts To Master The Art of Conversation
Almost from the day we’re born we begin to learn how to speak. It’s an incredibly simple process and people in every culture follow the same basic pattern. As babies and then children, we listen, imitate and remarkably quickly begin to associate sounds with meaning....