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Chapter 3 – Skills: The Safe Conversation Process

Coming up to Valentine’s Day – the tools are available in today’s world to have the relationship of your dreams.  So far we have seen the importance of safety. Your old reptilian brain has a 500 million-year track record, you are not going to change it. If you don’t feel safe you will protect yourself. […]

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Chapter 11: Healthy Brains

a What does the Safe Conversation Dialogue have to do with our brains? Lots, apparently! How? It can ”contribute to a more relaxed and healthier brain,” (p.211). That statement makes a lot of sense to me. For years I taught Stress Management courses at St. Clair College. Stress is an evolutionary response to danger. If […]

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Chapter 10: Safe Conversations at Work

The last chapter in this book section deals with using safe conversations at work.  Safe Conversations Process in the Workplace The authors explain: “Many businesses recognize that healthy relationships and a sense of safety in employee communications are critical to success. Yet most businesses don’t know how to achieve this.” (p. 189)  They conclude: “By […]

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What Conscious Partners Know: 24 and 25

This week, we’re exploring What Conscious Partners Know: 24 and 25 They need to acknowledge each other’s “otherness”, accept each other’s differences, affirm each other’s reality, adore each other’s traits, and advocate for each other’s reality and potential. They must differentiate before they can connect, so they accept each other as an “other” and accept […]

What Conscious Partners Know – 22 and 23

Continuing on with What Conscious Partners Know – Chapters 22 and 23 Connecting is sustained by intentionality, so they speak with a positive tone and use only appreciative or neutral words in all transactions, which helps them feel connected most of the time. The sign of a thriving relationship is how quickly partners engage in […]

Appreciations: Harville and Helen

I have said this before but I think it is worth repeating:  I truly believe the fastest way forward for any couple is to protect the Space-Between them. It is a real energy field, and you can tell, can’t you, when there is tension in the Space-Between? It is either tension-free or it is not. […]

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