Provided by Philosophy through Photography *originally posted on Philosophy through Photography The tongue is a fantastic organ! You Use it for speech, taste and decorative/culture ( tongue piercing). It’s a strong arsenal in your body. Tongue is a blessing and also your nemesis. It can make the difference between life & death, joy & sorrow. Can make or break the relationship. Can sooth you or … Continue reading Tongue-tasteic!
There are people that talk too much, but how relevant are the things they say? We all know that communication isn’t just about the talking, but what if we’re expressing some ideas other people find obvious (like the water being wet)? Is that helpful or harmful? In theory, I think it’s helpful because it brings some awareness about how similar the two people … Continue reading Is over-communication a bad thing?
If we really think about it, where do most of the negative feelings come from? What triggers them? In my opinion, it’s a matter of communication. Either if we talk to other people or we talk to ourselves, we need to be specific in our speech so the message is proper transmitted. This increases the chances for it to be proper understood. But … Continue reading A better communication can save the world
These two feelings are related and they can appear in the same time, but they are not the same even though it seems that we sometimes use one to express the other. It’s not so much a big of a deal to use one to express the other, but being able to differentiate between the two of them can bring some clarity in our … Continue reading Jealousy vs Envy
Good morning everybody! Yesterday I had my first online video dialogue with someone. Dr Keith Beasley from Conscious Evolution Today invited me to have a conversation about communication (and not only) and even though it felt terrifying in the first place, it turned out to be an awesome experience! Here it is (reblogged from Conscious Evolution Today)! I’m looking forward to see your thoughts about … Continue reading My first dialogue – Video
Have you ever wondered what’s the reason for these silent moments we encounter while talking to someone? It’s like someone hits pause on our brain and all we can think of is What should I say now? And it’s probably the same for that person too since it takes two to have a conversation. What’s interesting is that this is not happening with … Continue reading The awkward silent moments in our conversations
This communication topic is something that starts to fascinate me. The more I learn about it, the more I realize I am a novice at this. I’ll be paraphrasing Terrell Owens who said that we usually are waiting for the other person to stop talking so we can start expressing ourselves. Oh, it would be so good if we wait for that other person … Continue reading Listening to understand vs Listening to respond
Rephrasing is a therapeutic technique developed by Carl Rogers which represents the expression in a more concise way whatever the other person just said (rephrasing is different from reframing which is another therapeutic method, but this second one is used for changing the context or the perspective with a different one that fits at least as good). Since he was a psychologist, he developed … Continue reading Rephrasing – A path to a better communication?
This is such a deep topic and I’ve found some more interesting ideas about communication which I want to share with you. Besides those 4 steps that I mentioned here, Jacques Salome and Sylvie Galland talk about different levels on which we’re expressing ourselves and in their book If Only I’d Listen to Myself they mention five of them: The level of facts; … Continue reading About Communication… Again
Jacques Salome and Sylvie Galland wrote in their book If Only I’d Listen to Myself the following: “To express does not mean to communicate because it’s only one way ticket, while communication is a two-ways ticket.” They also identified four steps that complete a true communication process: Expressing yourself; Getting confirmation that your speech as been proper understood; Listening to the other; … Continue reading About Communication
