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Deep Dive on Style | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace, and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips.

So in the previous video, I went through the acronym COMMUNICATES. So all the necessary components in the word communicates what each of those letters represent in the word communicates all the components that is necessary to have an effortless and effective communication. So be sure to check that out.

All right, now we’re going to do a Deep Dive on the four communication styles. And again, the four communication styles are auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and auditory digital. So my question to you is, do you know your communication style?

So I’m going to just choose one. So for example, let’s say you are an auditory communicator. And so you might use words such as hear, listen, or the phrase “I hear you, I’m listening to what you’re saying.” Now, if you’re speaking to another auditory person– communicator– you’re going to use the same words, so there’s not going to be any feeling of disconnect. However, what if you are speaking to a visual or a kinesthetic or auditory digital communicator? Now you’re going to maybe feel there’s some disconnect, because you are not using the words that an visual, kinesthetic, or auditory digital communicator might use.

So I like to use this analogy: Here in America, we all speak English. So it’s kind of like we’re all say, auditory communicators in this case, because we’re all using the same words, the same language, no problem. Now, let’s say you go to visit a foreign country, say Spain, France, Germany, wherever it may be. Now they speak a different language. So think of say, the Spanish are the visuals. The French are the kinesthetic, and the Germans are the auditory digital. So if you were going to visit those countries, it would be easier for you to get around, if you spoke of some of the language of those native speakers. So if you’re going to visit Spain, it will be easier for you to get around if you spoke Spanish. If you went to visit France, it’ll be easier for you to get around if you spoke French. And if you visit Germany, it might be easier for you to get around if you spoke German. Now, of course, they might all speak English, however, you might have more of a connection. And it might be a little bit easier for you to get around if you happen to know the country’s native language.

And is the same way with the visuals and the kinesthetic and the auditory digital. If you use the words of what the visual would use– So let’s say, you know, if you use the visuals, vocabulary, such as “Oh, I imagine that this is what you’re speaking about,”or “I can see your point of view,” then you’re going to have more of a connection there rather than a disconnect. And likewise, with the kinesthetic you know, you might, even you as an auditory communicator tend to use words like hear and listen. But if you’re speaking to someone who is more of a kinesthetic communicator, then you might want to change your words to “oh, I sense that this is what you’re telling me” or “I feel like this is what all you’re trying to get at.” And then with the auditory digital, you might use words such as “I think you’re correct on this,” or “let’s analyze the data then.” So by using the words or the phrases of the other communicators that you’re talking to, now you’re going to create more of a connection, rather than a disconnect. And it’s also important, likewise, the people that you communicate with, if they happen to know your communication style, so that way they are using the words that you tend to use. So again, we’re trying to create more of a connection, rather than having that disconnection.

So knowing your communication style, and the people that you’re speaking with, their communication style, is going to help to create more of that effective and effortless communication in your personal communication.

So I hope you found the four communication styles to be helpful and how you can figure out your communication styles as well as the person you’re communicating with, so you have more of that connection. And if you would like to know more about how you can have that effortless and effective communication, then please visit my website GraceSOULutions.com that’s GraceSOULutions.com to see how you can book a free communication breakthrough session with me.

Thank you for being here. Take care. Bye for now!

Style | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace, and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips.

So before I jump into today’s topic, I want to do a quick review of all the letters in the word COMMUNICATES.

So I use the acronym COMMUNICATES, and took apart each of the letters to represent what is needed– all the components that is needed to have an effective communication. So let’s start with the letter C, and the word communicates.

The letter C stands for confidence. The letter O stands for opinion, the first M in the word communicates, stands for messages, and in this case, hidden messages. The second M in the word communicates, stands for monitor feelings. The letter U stands for understanding, and in this case, uncover misunderstanding. The letter N in the word communicates stands for nurture feelings. The letter I stands for ideas. The letter C in the word communicates stands for cherish relationship. The letter A stands for attention. The letter T stands for tone of voice. The letter E in the word communicates stands for express yourself. And in this case, express yourself in nonverbal communication. And the letter S in the word communicates stands for style.

So usually when we think about style, we’re thinking about fashion, right? Like what do people usually like to wear such as business casual, Boho, jeans and T shirt. But there’s also styles to communication.

Now there are four very common styles of communication, there might be more. So feel free to do your research. However, of the four common basic communication styles are the auditory, visual, kinesthetic and auditory digital.

So auditory communicators tend to hear the words so they might just use words such as hear and listen, where the visual communicator tends to maybe see images. So as you’re talking to a visual communicator, they might start to see images. So they tend to use words such as see picture and image. The kinesthetic is all about touch and feel. So they are going to use words such as touch, feel, and sense. And then the auditory digital tends to be the thinkers. So they will tend to use words such as think, logic, analyze. So those are the four common communication styles, again, auditory visual, kinesthetic, and auditory digital.

And the next video we’re going to do a deep dive of now what are you going to do now that you know these communication styles. So I’ll go more into that in the next video.

So I hope you found this to be helpful. If you would like to create more of an effective and effortless communication in your personal communication, then please visit my website. GraceSOULutions.com. That’s GRACESOULUTIONS.com to see how you can book a free communication session with me. Thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you here again next time.

Take care, bye for now!

GraceSOULutions COMMUNICATES… STYLE of Communication

Do you know your style of communication?

What is your preferred style of communication?

What is the style of communication of the person or people you communicate with?

Are you able to communicate with people with all different communication styles or do you have difficulty with communicating with people with certain communication styles? Why or why not?

Usually when we talk about style we generally think about clothes.

There are numerous different styles of clothing and generally we tend to pick the styles that goes with our personality or make us feel most comfortable.

There are also communication styles and you’re likely to lean towards a communication style that fits your personality and one that you’re most comfortable with.

Generally speaking, there are four types of communication styles.

There is the auditory, visual, kinesthetic and auditory digital.

The auditory uses words such as listen and hear.

The visual uses words such as see and picture.

The kinesthetic uses words such as touch and feel.

The auditory digital uses words such as think and analyze.

Depending upon your background, culture, your communication teachers (parents, grandparents, family), and so forth there are other factors that may also potentially influence your communication style.

There are too many factors to include in this blog article that might create greater confusion.

So, for now we’re just going to focus on the four communication styles.

Why is it important to know the four communication styles?

Sometimes by using the same words in a communication style as the person you are speaking with may help to establish a better rapport and connection.

By speaking the same words and using the same communication style you might feel like you and the other person are speaking the same language rather than speaking a different language.

By speaking the same language or in this case communication style you can also help reduce or eliminate communication breakdown.

Wouldn’t you like to feel more connected with the person if the person spoke the same words or language as you did rather than his or her own words or language?

Here are four styles of communication:

Style #1 Auditory

Prefers to listen and likes to use words such as hear and listen in communication.

Style #2 Visual

Prefers to read or see images and likes to use words such as see and picture in communication.

Style #3 Kinesthetic

Prefers physical movements and likes to use words such as touch and feel in communication.

Style #4 Auditory Digital

Prefers logic and likes to use words such as think and analyze in communication.

The next time you are in a communication situation, and you want to know the communication style of the person you are communicating with, just remember AVKA .

Auditory

Visual

Kinesthetic

Auditory Digital

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Warm regards,

Grace CW Liu
Communication Navigator
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ABOUT GRACE

Grace CW Liu believes there is a solution to every problem including communication and conversation problems. Everyone can find the solution they seek by using the guidance of grace that is in you, with the grace of spiritual support, and Grace –me– as your Communication Navigator and support system.

My passion is to help sensitive, conflict-phobic, and introverted women have effective communication so they feel valued and heard in any conversation.

Through studying and observations, I’ve realized why communication breakdown occurs and the solutions to solving those problems. I’ve presented these solutions so that communicative partners can achieve effective communication!

Deep Dive on Expressing Yourself | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace, and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips.

So today we’re going to do a Deep Dive on Expressing Yourself. And again, expressing yourself. And this case is about nonverbal communication. And with nonverbal communication, we’re talking about facial expression, and body language.

So facial expression is all about the face. So the common ones are when we see someone smile, or when you’re smiling, usually it means that you’re happy, or you’re just in a pleasant mood. When you see someone frowning, or when you’re frowning, it could be either that you’re sad, or perhaps you’re really angry, they’re really scrunching up the face. And then you know, the eyes, right, when your like, eyes are popped out, like if you’re in a surprise. So those are some of the common ones. There are many different facial expressions that one can show and as well as the body language.

And with the body language, it’s all about the hands, the tension of the muscles from the neck, down. It’s about the body positioning, posture, as well as feet positioning. And because I’m on video, you can only see me pretty much from chest up. So you really can’t see how my feet is planted or and what direction they are facing. But usually, if you know you’re talking to someone and their feet or one of their foot is planted, facing the door, usually now might be a subtle hint that that person wants to start walking away from that conversation. You might see some people in a lot of cases, crossing their arms or putting their hands or arms in front of their body. So almost like they’re protecting themselves. So it’s like a wall. And then you have some people who like to talk with their hands. And in this case, someone like me, who likes to talk with their hands, especially maybe for emphasis, or for– to help to get the thoughts flowing, of what they want to talk about. And again, with hand gestures, we need to be careful because a hand gesture might be okay for one country. But it might have a different meaning in a different country.

So just be aware of that as well as like eye contact. Again, the facial part and sometimes the subtlety is that sometimes some people might look off to the side, depending upon which side it could either be that they’re trying to make up a story. Or they’re trying to recall, some memory to share. And I know there’s a lot of experts out there all about body language that’s all they really do is they study all these different body language to understand these little subtleties of the shifting of the eye or the shifting of the body. So, I’m only just giving a very brief overview of the different possibilities.

However, if you would like to know more about body language, I suggest that you go and do some research on your own, look at some YouTube videos or read on some books because there’s a lot of components to the body language. But generally we can see the person’s expression just based on an overall general vibe. And that would be just the facial expression itself, you know, a smile or frown. As well as the body of you know, usually we can understand that in general. Also might cross their arm, they’re in defense or putting up a wall. These type of general body language we might, understanding, use our selves when we’re talking to someone. However, again, if you truly want to understand about how the person is reacting or responding to you in a conversation, and you want to really understand it, by looking at the subtleties, then I suggest you do more research because there’s a lot out there and a lot of components, a lot of subtle gestures that you might miss unless you really look at it carefully and closely.

So I hope you found this to be helpful. Well, if you would like to know more about how you can have more of a effective and effortless communication in your own personal communication, then please visit my website GraceSOULutions.com that’s GRACESOULUTIONS.com to see how you can book a FREE communication session with me. I look forward to seeing you here again next time.

Take care. Bye for now!

Express Yourself | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips. So today we’re going to talk about Express Yourself. Now in communication, it’s not just about the words or, you know, the tone of voice, and all that. Part of communication is also nonverbal communication. And so with nonverbal communication, how one can express themselves is through Facial Expression, and Body Language. So those are two ways that one can express themselves through nonverbal communication that, again, is one Facial Expression, and two Body Language. Of course, there’s other ways to express yourselves, you know, through dance, music, art, whatever it may be on the creative side. However, with communication, we’re talking about nonverbal communication, and that would be using facial expression and body language to express yourself. So that’s a quick short overview of expressing yourself through nonverbal communication. On the next video, I’m going to do more of a deep dive on expressing yourself through nonverbal communication. So I hope you found this to be helpful. And I look forward to seeing here again next time when I do more of a deep dive. If you would like to know more about how you can work with me to create a more effective and effortless communication in your personal communication, then visit my website, GraceSOULutions.com. That’s GraceSOULutions.com to see how you can book a FREE communication breakthrough session with me. Thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you here again next time. Take care. Bye for now!

GraceSOULutions Communicates… EXPRESS Yourself

What ways do you express yourself?

What does your body language say about your communication in the presence of others?

How aware are you when it comes to reading another person’s facial expression and body language in your communication?

Communication isn’t all about words and feelings, there’s another part: facial expression and body language.

The nonverbal part of communication is just as important.

You might say one thing, but your facial expression and body language can show the other person that you mean something else.

You might lie and tell the person you are happy to see them, but your body language might say something completely different. Especially if your body and feet are moving away from them.

You might have a smile on your face because you are in a crowd with other people, but under that smile of yours you might be doing something like telling your husband off.

I have done this so many times that no one can tell that I am mad at my husband unless they see my eyes because I haven’t quite learned how not to glare when I’m upset with him.

What do you do when you’re upset with someone and don’t want others to know?

You might be one of those people that crosses your arms. I certainly do and I have come to learn that when I do that it generally means I am not comfortable, especially in a room of strangers.

What about you? Why do you cross your arms?

I have learned that when I am frustrated or overwhelmed my face goes flat, eyes glaze over, and I have mentally checked out.

When I see my mom furrows her eyebrows that generally means that she is frustrated and overwhelmed. I can generally tell how frustrated and overwhelmed she is feeling by how hard she furrows her eyebrows.

What about you? What facial expression do you have when you are frustrated or overwhelmed?

Here are two nonverbal expressions that might give away how you feel without you realizing it:

Nonverbal #1 Facial expression

Your face sometimes says it all.

Nonverbal #2 Body language

Your body language may communicate how you really feel.

The next time you are in a communication situation, and you want to express yourself or understand the nonverbal communication with someone you are communicating with, just remember to watch face and body.

Nonverbal #1 Facial expression

Nonverbal #2 Body language

If you are driven to communicate with confidence, have your messages, be heard and understood, and repair any communication breakdown in your personal communication relationship, then you should take a look at my ebook 5 Strategies For Effective Companion Communication! Grab your free copy by signing up below:

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Warm regards,

Grace CW Liu
Communication Navigator
W: GraceSOULutions.com

ABOUT GRACE

Grace CW Liu believes there is a solution to every problem including communication and conversation problems. Everyone can find the solution they seek by using the guidance of grace that is in you, with the grace of spiritual support, and Grace –me– as your Communication Navigator and support system.

My passion is to help sensitive, conflict-phobic, and introverted women have effective communication so they feel valued and heard in any conversation.

Through studying and observations, I’ve realized why communication breakdown occurs and the solutions to solving those problems. I’ve presented these solutions so that communicative partners can achieve effective communication!

Deep Dive on Tone of Voice | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips.

So today’s video is about Tone, the Tone of your voice. So I’m going to use the acronym TONE to explain tone of voice. So the letter T stands for true self. So that means being yourself. So however you might deal with a situation or feel about a situation or an opinion, be free to express yourself through your tone of voice, whichever tone of voice you feel is appropriate in that given situation, or in stating your opinion, the letter O for tone of voice stands for Opinion. So depending upon your opinion, you might use a certain tone of voice to express your opinion to that situation. And the letter N stands for Nature or being Natural. And the letter E stands for Experience. There are so many different tone of voice, there’s the uplifting, the enthusiasm, assertive, so many different tones of voice. And then based on the tone of voice that you’re hearing, that kind of plays a part in how you perceive the conversation, you know, how the person is actually feeling about a certain topic or what is going down the path in that conversation. So this is again, one of those puzzle pieces that, along with everything else will help to hopefully, putting it together, make a conversation flow, rather than having it break down again.

So I hope you found this to be helpful as in regarding to the tone of voice, if you would like to learn more about how you can have a effortless, effective communication more constructive conversation in your personal communication, then please feel free to visit my website, GraceSOULutions.com That’s GraceSOULutions.com and see how you can book a free communication breakthrough session with me. Thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you here again next time.

Take care for now. Bye!

Tone Of Voice | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace and welcome to Sensitive Communication Tips.

So today’s video is about Tone, the Tone of your voice. So I’m going to use the acronym TONE to explain tone of voice. So the letter T stands for true self. So that means being yourself. So however you might deal with a situation or feel about a situation or an opinion, be free to express yourself through your tone of voice, whichever tone of voice you feel is appropriate in that given situation, or in stating your opinion, the letter O for tone of voice stands for Opinion. So depending upon your opinion, you might use a certain tone of voice to express your opinion to that situation. And the letter N stands for Nature or being Natural. And the letter E stands for Experience. There are so many different tone of voice, there’s the uplifting, the enthusiasm, assertive, so many different tones of voice. And then based on the tone of voice that you’re hearing, that kind of plays a part in how you perceive the conversation, you know, how the person is actually feeling about a certain topic or what is going down the path in that conversation. So this is again, one of those puzzle pieces that, along with everything else will help to hopefully, putting it together, make a conversation flow, rather than having it break down again.

So I hope you found this to be helpful as in regarding to the tone of voice, if you would like to learn more about how you can have a effortless, effective communication more constructive conversation in your personal communication, then please feel free to visit my website, GraceSOULutions.com That’s GraceSOULutions.com and see how you can book a free communication breakthrough session with me. Thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you here again next time.

Take care for now. Bye!

GraceSOULutions Communicates… Tone Of Voice

What Is Your Usual Tone Of Voice? Sarcastic? Optimistic? Annoyed?

How does a person’s tone of voice impact your perception in your communication?

How do other people perceive your tone of voice and what impact does it have on you?

Some people are sensitive to other’s tone of voice and that can impact conversation depending upon the perception of what they hear.

Some people may have a sarcastic tone to their voice, others annoyed, or some are optimistic.

The tone of voice can be subjective.

Some may say a person’s tone of voice sounds sarcastic and another may say that they sounds authoritative.

You could say that there can be different perceptions to a person’s tone, and while it may not bother some, it may bother others.

You might have heard some people say that they try to sound uplifting but then come across as cynical. Despite the positive and encouraging words that are said the tone of voice comes across as if the person is a non-believer.

Your tone of voice is unique to you and sometimes you can’t actively change it.

Your tone of voice is a part of your personality.

When a person knows you well and knows how you communicate, they will start to understand your tone of voice and for the most part will accept it without judgement.

The person will be able to tell when you are happy, annoyed, sarcastic, and so on…

 

Here are four tips that might help you with the tone of voice (understanding the perception of tone of voice) in your communication.

Tip #1 T-True self

The tone you use or generally have in certain situations is uniquely yours. It is part of who you are. Your personality. That means there are some things you can’t change and that might be the tone of voice you use in certain situations due to your personality. There is no right or wrong about it, it’s just who you are.

Tip #2 O-Opinion

There can be differing opinions on the sound of a person’s tone of voice. Your perception will play a part as to what a person’s tone of voice might be even if it isn’t what the person intended.

Tip #3 N- Nature

Nature of personality. Some people are naturally uplifting, sarcastic, anxious and so forth. There is no right or wrong it is just being who you are.

Tip #4 E- Experience

The perception of the tone may be based upon your past experiences and encounters you’ve had from different people you have communicated with in the past that had that particular tone of voice.

The next time you are in a communication situation, and you want better understand their tone of voice, just remember TONE.

True self

Opinion

Nature

Experience

If you are driven to communicate with confidence, have your messages, be heard and understood, and repair any communication breakdown in your personal communication relationship, then you should take a look at my ebook 5 Strategies For Effective Companion Communication! Grab your free copy by signing up below:

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Warm regards,

Grace CW Liu
Communication Navigator
W: GraceSOULutions.com

ABOUT GRACE

Grace CW Liu believes there is a solution to every problem including communication and conversation problems. Everyone can find the solution they seek by using the guidance of grace that is in you, with the grace of spiritual support, and Grace –me– as your Communication Navigator and support system.

My passion is to help sensitive, conflict-phobic, and introverted women have effective communication so they feel valued and heard in any conversation.

Through studying and observations, I’ve realized why communication breakdown occurs and the solutions to solving those problems. I’ve presented these solutions so that communicative partners can achieve effective communication!

Deep Dive on Attention | Sensitive Communication Tips

Hi there, this is Grace, and welcome to sensitive communication tips. So today we’re going to do a deep dive on a tension. But before we start that, just want to do a quick review. In the previous video, I talked about the word communicate what each of those letters stands for thus far. So we still have a few more letters to go through. But those will be coming up as we moved towards the end of the month, so each letter for each month, all right. And then I also gave you some tips as to what to do say if you’re speaking to a person who is doing an another activity. So just watching TV, listening to music, whatever it is. So if the other person is distracted, you want to limit the distraction as much as you can, either by muting, turning it off, calling that person getting that person away from that distraction, whatever it is, so that you have that person’s attention, so that you can clearly make sure that they now have your message you want to share. The other way to get the attention is if you’re in separate rooms or separate parts of the house, you either want to walk to that person or call that person. So that person is now coming towards you to where you are located. So again, you have each other’s attention when communicating sharing messages, because part of communication is not just about words, and body language and all that those are all very important. However, you also need to make sure you have the person’s attention because delivery is just as important as making sure you have the person’s attention and how you deliver depends if whether or not you have that person’s attention. So then, if you can tell already, I am big on attention.

So making sure that again, you have that person’s attention by eliminating distractions, and also making sure you are both located at the same location. And sometimes you might have a hectic morning, afternoon, evening, whatever it is rushing around doing activities, or going from one activity to the next or one place to the next, whatever it is. So before you let the person go, especially if you have an important task for that person to do, you don’t want that person just to fly by, you want that person to stop and repeat or paraphrase what you said. One, it gives you a peace of mind that they got your message. They know what you want them to do. And second, it also helps them to remember what it is you want that person to do. Because when you bring in the attention and the focus, and also helps with memory. Now, on today’s video with a deep dive on attention, I want to talk about more about what to do when you’re talking to a professional such as a doctor lawyer, having a porter meeting, whatever it is what to do in those situations, when you need to make sure you have the person’s attention, you have a limited amount of time. And you want to make sure that you give yourself a peace of mind as well. So I am going to use the example of a medical office, being that I came from a medical background. So I know a lot extensively of what happens am in the doctor’s office, alright, so if you are already doing the suggestions that I am going to be presenting good because that means you’re already advocating and doing whatever it is that you need to do to give yourself a peace of mind. And if you are not doing the things that I am suggesting here, then my recommendation is that you choose whatever strategies that will work for you to help to give you a peace of mind. When you’re in a doctor’s office. You know, doctors are busy because they’re seeing patients they got a schedule and sometimes they do run behind and everything. However, when you have the time with a doctor, and you know not that the doctors not focused on you, but as you’re speaking to the doctor, every now and then they’re also looking at a time to see you know how much time they have left with you because they also have to make sure that they give themselves enough time to get to the next patient. And also, sometimes they might not think of everything because you’re in it so much that they might not think of all the questions that each patient might have. So my suggestion is First, write down all the questions that you might possibly have for the doctor, write it all down, you know, don’t say, Oh, I have it in my head. Because when the doctor is presenting some information to you, you’re so busy processing everything that you’re hearing that all of a sudden, all of the questions that you might have had goes out the door. So be sure to write down all the questions on a piece of paper and bring it with you to the doctor’s office, all the questions that you feel like you might want to ask, so that when you’re in the office, and a doctor sharing some results, or sharing whatever it is, that you have some questions already, because, again, you’re processing all the information that the doctors giving you. And you’re so busy with all that, when you have the questions in front of you, you can just say, oh, yeah, I was gonna ask about this. And so it’s all right there. So you don’t have to try to wrack your brain to think about what the questions were that you wanted to ask. And also, by looking at the questions, some of the answers that were provided by the doctors have, have maybe already answered some of your questions. And then there’s like, Great, okay, I don’t have to ask these questions, then he already addressed them, I already know what’s what I need to know. Also, don’t be afraid to take some notes, if you need to, the doctor is going some information, you want to kind of remember, you can always say your doctor, I just want to jot some things down. So that way, I don’t forget them later on. Because I don’t know about you some things I’m good with memory. And some things I am not so good with memory. So it’s always good to write things down. So that you have it again for later for peace of mind. Okay. And then on your part, because there are so many things, perhaps you want to remember, at the very end, the doctrine typically always asked, Do you have any questions for me now, this is a time where again, when you can pull out the questions that you have pre written, I also suggest that you just do a quick review, you don’t have to go word by word verbatim of what the doctor just told you through, however, the 45 minute or whatever, minute sessions that you had together, but you want to have some clarity. And also, to clarify what you heard. So you could do a quick paraphrasing, of you know what the doctor said. So if the doctor says, you know, you need to take a certain medication for this, and this medication is going to help you with that. So you could just say, and then he might ask you, do you have any questions? So this is where you could just say, okay, so what I hear you saying is, I need to take this medicine for this amount of times for this purpose, and this medication, this amount of time, for that purpose, am I missing anything? And then this is where the doctor can either say, Yes, you got it all. Or, you know, oh, no, you just met, you just got that medication reverse this one is for this, this one is for that, then it helps you to make a better understanding of, you know, the medications that you have to take. So a lot of times, it also helps to make sure that you have the clarity of what it is that you are hearing, and that you are actually processing the information correctly. So that when you go home, you know exactly what you need to do as far as the medications, or the test result that you received. Again, writing it down,

paraphrasing it back to the doctor will all help, again, with the clarity. And by doing this, you are also bringing the focus of what is being said to you, and to help you with the peace of mind. Because if you just kind of like just sit there, and you know, you just kind of listen to your doctor, and then then, you know, the doctor says Do you have any questions, anything like that? And you say no, I’m good and stuff like that. Well, you were listening, but you weren’t truly engaging or focused. So that by the time you go home, you might be thinking I think the doctor mentioned about this, but I’m not sure did he say something about this and yeah, he told me to take this medicine I think is for this, um, but I’m not really all that Clear, you know. So, it there’s a difference between being an active listener and being fully engaged. And that means the full focus and attention so that you have the clarity, and you have everything that you need for your peace of mind, as well as making sure that the minister you spend with the Medical Doctor in this case, is well spent, right. So you can put into practice these suggestions. And any situation such as you know, maybe when you’re talking to a lawyer, or when you are engaged in an important meeting, where you’re working through contracts, whatever it is, I just gave an example of, like I say, the medical office in those cases, because of my background, however, you can apply these, these strategies that I talked about, and any important meetings, especially when time is of the essence, right, you want to make the most of the time that you have with that person or in that meeting. So again, if you have any questions, you know, make sure you kind of write them down beforehand. I always say keep paper pads or an a pen handy. So that way you can jot notes as as you need to. And then again, if the when the person asks, Do you have any questions?

If the person has already addressed all the questions that you have written, rather than just saying no, then this is where you can say, I just want to make sure that I understood what you said. So basically, your you said, XY and Z, and you’re basically just paraphrasing really quickly, what you heard, that is important to you for your peace of mind. And again, if the doctors or whoever asked you, do you have any questions? If none of those questions that you had written down, and they’re still very important to you, then by all means, of course, by that time you want, again, yes, you can still paraphrase what you heard, and then say, Yeah, I do have a question, or I do have some questions. But before I get to my questions, I just want to paraphrase everything you just said. So paraphrase everything and make just, again, for clarity and make sure you got what ever it is a you want to get for your peace of mind. And then go ahead and then address your questions. And so you think you’re eating up time, but really, you’re not because you’re already well prepared. It’s not like you’re searching for questions up in the air. Again, if you didn’t have the pre written questions or anything. And you’re listening to all this, you know, all the information that was given to you. And you’re so busy processing the affirmation. And a doctor asked you, do you have any questions? You might have had some but you now can think about it. That’s okay. Still paraphrase, though, what you have heard so far, because sometimes by paraphrasing, what you heard, may also then jot down jot a question that may be perhaps you hacked. But basically, you just don’t want to waste too much time is saying, Yeah, I have a question. But let me see if I can remember. And then now you’re wasting kind of precious minutes, that could be better spent. So I hope that made sense. So I hope you found the suggestions to be helpful. So the big takeaway, the big tip that I have for you is, before you leave there, meaning the office, whatever it is, that you clarify the information that you received, by repeating, paraphrasing what you heard, and then have any questions that you might want to ask pre written so that you have a with you, I have pen and paper. So you are always ready to take notes. Because some of those questions might pop up as the person is sharing information. Or they might be sharing some information that you want to read, make sure you remember. So just being able to have that capability of taking notes when you need to, is also very helpful. If you have any suggestions or any tips of your own that you would like to share, please feel free to do so I only ask that you do that with respect support and kindness. And if you would like to know how you can develop more of it effective and effortless communication in your personal relation Schiff’s, then please feel free to visit my website Grace solutions.com That’s GRACESOULU t i o n s.com. And thank you for being here. I look forward to seeing you here again next time. Take care. Bye for now.

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