by Rachel Beohm | Breathing, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Emotions, Leadership, Listening, Nonverbal Communication, Pausing, Presence, Receptivity, Relationships
What to do when someone is freaking out Emotions are a normal part of daily experience and work takes up a big chunk of your life, so… you’ll probably face some intense emotions occasionally during your work day. And since 2020 has been a year of upheaval (and...
by Rachel Beohm | Confidence, Dealing with Difficult People, Habits, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Receptivity, Relationships
How to Overcome the Harmful Habit of Judging You’ve done it. I’ve done it. We all do it—we all sometimes pass judgment on others when their behavior (or anything else) isn’t up to snuff. Clothing choices, how people spend their free time, job skills, expressing...
by Rachel Beohm | Confidence, Conversation, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Presence, Presenting to a Group, Promotions & Interviews, Receptivity, Relationships
How are you Sabotaging Yourself? The young woman across the table took a breath and tried to settle herself. She had come for coaching to communicate more confidently in the workplace; but, as sometimes happens, the conversation had turned from career to...
by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Conversation, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Receptivity, Relationships
Mismatched Communication: Now What? Here is one of my favorite activities to do in presentations on differing communication styles: I have participants pair up and I pass out red and blue glass stones. I tell the people who have red stones, “You are under a...
by Rachel Beohm | Conversation, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Emotions, Nonverbal Communication, Presenting to a Group, Relationships
One Tool for Handling Anger “I don’t know what to have for breakfast,” my daughter stated one morning, as if it was an accusation. Of felony. I gave several breakfast suggestions. She rejected them all. She wanted a certain thing we lacked ingredients for, and...
