How to talk to strangers

Turtling Up. Lost art of conversation. Trisha Lewis Communication Skills

The rich rewards of random conversations and how to have them. Imagine we told you that there was something easy, fast, and free that you could do every day to increase your happiness. Imagine this activity could also help you…

Defensiveness ruins Communication

Liz Truss and Beth Rigby Interview

Lessons learnt from Liz Truss’s defensive communication style Defensiveness creates blind spots in decision-making. When individual and groups respond defensively problems go unrecognised, victims go unacknowledged, and relationships deteriorate. * The crime of ‘defensive communication’ is committed by many —…

The Pleasure of Pleasing

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When does ‘people pleasing’ become a self-squashing habit? No, this article is not about intimate relationship matters. But — if you ‘went there’ it’s all good. You’ve connected to a very basic part of being human. Most of us get…

Why People Pleasing is Selfish

Why People Pleasing is selfish. Trisha Lewis.

Being a ‘people pleaser is all about you. How selfish! Now that’s a reframe to mess with your head. No, I am not casting everyone who ever slips into people-pleasing mode as an ego-maniac or uncaring type. I am simply…