Nonverbal Cues

“So do you have plans with your friends this evening?” I ask my daughter on our drive home from her tennis practice. “Mom! I already told you this morning. Did you even listen?” Sadly this type of situation has happened more times than I’d care to admit. We’ve all done it. You know, “paid attention” to someone while they […]

”Hi Kristin, I’m so happy to hear your voice, it really helped me feel more relaxed! I’m really happy to hear your voice and I’m happy to communicate with you. You are so warm-hearted… I’m really grateful to be a host child to a family like yours…I really like you guys.” -Ceren, our soon to

Sometimes it feels like my soul is slowly leaving my body. Sometimes it just puts me in a murderous mood. But mostly it just makes me feel invisible. You know, the times when others don’t acknowledge your presence?! It’s the worst. And I know it’s not just me. A tale from the grocery store. I

She Likes Me, She Likes Me Not… Our brain never stops. It’s like a computer constantly running in the background, scanning for any problems. Our amygdala is our Worry Wart relative who is constantly spotting trouble and muttering things like, “I wouldn’t do that if I were you!” The amygdala may be best known as

With Valentine’s Day right upon us, I thought I’d let you in on a bit of a body language secret (pulls door shut while furtively scanning area…) Did you know that the size of someone’s pupils can correlate with how attractive they are viewed as? Which of these pictures do you prefer? Did you say

Oh, look at me in a spirited mood! And do you know why I am so spirited? Because I get to share some examples and tips from some of my favorite entrepreneurs on how they upped their video background games. Perhaps you’ve noticed in my recent musings that I’m a bit obsessed with curating a

Recently I caught myself mid-sentence as I morphed into a curmudgeon and muttered out loud, “Well, leave it to those young whippersnappers!” A large part of communication relies on context. In our day to day interactions, in-person or virtually, we rely on a lot of nonverbal communication. Without those cues, we are left guessing and

Whelp, (said while munching on my bowl of cereal) it just happened so I feel I must share. I recently accepted a LinkedIn request and agreed to a Zoom call because of this message… “I really value connecting with other successful people like yourself on LinkedIn and build deep personal relationships on how to add

How to Interrupt Someone, Politely! A fish, a bookmark, and a pupil walk into a bar… …and they all use their nonverbal powers to interrupt the chatty guy sitting next to them who has been going on and on and on about the state of the world and all of the young whippersnappers that are