by Rachel Beohm | Boundaries, Confidence, Conversation, Dealing with Difficult People, Emotions, Ideal Life, Leadership, Listening, Nonverbal Communication
5 Times You Don’t Have to Listen I’m a huge proponent of good listening skills. Listening is vital for building rapport and creating connection, not to mention understanding people, gaining perspective, and learning new things. All wonderful, right? Giving...
by Rachel Beohm | Breathing, Confidence, Dealing with Difficult People, Emotions, Ideal Life, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Relationships, Values
How to Use Anger as Fuel What makes your blood boil? Anger is a natural and normal human emotion. Whether you feel slight irritation or great rage, all anger stems from a sense of violation. Some “should” of yours, some expectation or rule, has been trampled....
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...
by Rachel Beohm | Conversation, Emotions, Leadership, Word Choice
How to Tear Down, How to Build Up In my previous life, before I became a coach and speaker, I was a pianist. I still sometimes play piano at church, along with several other people. Some are beginners, and I try to encourage and support them. It always...
by Rachel Beohm | Confidence, Gestures & Hand Position, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills
How to Deal with Feedback Awhile back, a prospective client told me, “I want some communication coaching so I can increase my credibility at the office. I got some really negative feedback about how I conduct meetings. It stung, but I want to use this as an...
