Have you ever been in a meaningful conversation and not known how to continue? Perhaps you dread the first few minutes of a party because you find yourself at a loss for conversation starters. Or the conversation may begin, but soon fizzles out. Maybe others tell you that it feels like you are not listening when you are doing your best to hear what the other person is saying.
Good communication is an important skill for all your relationships. The more comfortable you are with having conversations the more comfortable you will be connecting with others.
Here are six helpful tools that can help you in any of those situations, and anytime you want to communicate. These suggestions can help you start a conversation, keep it going, and have people think that you are a great listener. Continue reading
Empathy is about standing in someone else’s shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but it makes the world a better place. 
Imagine this scene: A mother is in the hospital just having given birth to her baby. She is excited and happy. The nurse gives her the newborn. The baby turns her head toward mother and snuggles.
“I am a co-dependent. There is no way I am like those counter-dependents. I cling to people in relationships; I don’t push them away.”
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