The Art Of Communicating

The Art Of Communicating will improve your interpersonal and relationship skills by identifying the power of using mindfulness when talking with others, showing you how to listen with respect, convey your ideas efficiently, and most of all deepen your connections with others.

We learn there are two main kinds of speech: nourishing and toxic. Like food, some communication can nourish our bodies, and other communication can be poisonous. Nourishing speech seeks to understand and remains positive. Toxic speech is negative and makes you feel emotions like anger or frustration.

Imagine you write a paper for a class and your teacher’s feedback is “This is terrible work.” This would be toxic speech. But if she said something like “There are things we can improve here,” that would be considered nourishing speech. Though she still is being honest, you can use this feedback constructively.

So how can you work on using this yourself? First, you need to understand your own way of communicating. You can do this through mindfulness. Mindfulness lets you communicate clearly without judgment. Because it is objective, you can truly examine things you think. Sometimes you might want to say toxic things, but you’ll be able to stop them beforehand.

This can also help you be more immune to others’ toxic speech. Mindfulness will enable you to judge less and realize their toxic speech is actually a result of suffering inside. You will become more compassionate toward them and know not to take what they have to say personally.

You probably spend a good amount of your day talking to others. Maybe this is in person with family or clients, or maybe it’s online through email. But do you spend a lot of time communicating with yourself? Probably not. Communicating with yourself on a regular basis is crucial for mindfulness. It’s also essential for communicating with others in a healthy way. One way to communicate with yourself is listening to your body and your mind. Just taking a minute to sit down and concentrate on breathing can accomplish this. This will draw you completely into the moment, instead of the past or future. All that matters when being mindful is the way you feel at the time emotionally and physically. This is particularly helpful when you are suffering. Sometimes we don’t know why exactly we’re suffering, and getting in tune with what’s wrong with us will help us get to the bottom of it. When you become a master at communicating with yourself, you will get better at communicating with those around you. When we understand ourselves we can finally understand others. Imagine a person who feels like they are stuck and suffering in their relationship. Something is bothering…