by Carla | Jul 2, 2022 | Interactions & Communication
In conversation recently, a friend pondered the value of sharing their story and experiences with others – perhaps in a book or other written format. They didn’t feel they had answers or solutions to all that they’d gone through, so wondered: what...
by Carla | Jul 2, 2022 | Interactions & Communication
GIVING PEOPLE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT is one of the most valuable practices or ways of thinking that was instilled in me from childhood. It might even have been THE most valuable one. My parents naturally operated this way – particularly my mom (and she still...
by Carla | Jul 2, 2022 | Interactions & Communication
WHEN A PERSON TALKS AND TALKS AND TALKS… and talks, not letting someone else get a word in edgewise – it’s easy to think: Ugggghhh!! This person is totally self-absorbed, and not being perceptive or considerate of their conversation partner(s) and what they...
by Carla | Oct 23, 2021 | Interactions & Communication
WHEN PEOPLE ASK SOMETHING OF US – to change a plan, to help them, to do something a certain way, even to share information – that seems beyond our capabilities… … we might get upset and think: ‘@#$%! How can they ask me to do something so...
by Carla | Feb 26, 2020 | Interactions & Communication
(Originally posted – Sept 20, 2019) Hands-up, everyone who’s human!! You can’t see it but my hand is up, even though doing so had me nearly knock the lampshade off the lamp I’m sitting under. Definitely human over here. Here’s some more proof of my humanness:...
