Wednesday, January 1, 2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2014!





January 2014
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There is a hopeful feeling in beginning afresh, and a new year allows that opportunity. So, Happy New Year, take a deep breath, close your eyes, and envision- with idealistic vision- the dream of where you would like to be a year from now. Abandon critiquing whether it’s realistic at this point- go with joy and optimism! What’s the fantasy?  What is my ideal life?
For example, a  year from now, I will have a wonderful job; I will have a friend to walk with, go to lunch with, share deep feelings with;  I am dating once a month, I go to an exercise class, I belong to a job hunting group, I am taking classes, I have a social support network of 20 people! I will go out on a date once a month. I will walk one mile a day and say hello or wave to everyone I meet along the way.
 
I will be struggling along with you with my own fear-ridden goals; mine relate to potential conflict and hostility. I can guarantee if you follow along as a fellow or sister scientist, that a year from now, you will have reached some of your goals.  I promise you!   We will brainstorm together where you are stuck. 

I taught for 10 years in the first education model in psychiatry in the United States. It was based on the premise that people are not trapped by their genes, their personality traits, the way things have always been. People can change how they think, how they behave, how they feel, how they communicate—if they are educated in the proven scientific methods that make it possible.

So--- HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S DREAM ABOUT OUR WONDERFUL YEAR!

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WHY ARE YOU SO QUIET?


Most of the time we are passive participants;
watchers and listeners of our computers, our televisions, cell-phones, movie theaters.

Then with little practice we are supposed to talk and express ourselves articulately on job interviews, meeting new people at work, starting to date, selling our business plans.

These are the most intimidating situations to begin with, when we're out of practice, or never had any in the first place and where we feel we're being scrutinized.

This is my area of expertise; I merge the structure of the speech communication with anxiety reducing methods.

I have a BA in Sociology, and taught for 10 years in a behavioral/cognitive clinic at the University of Washington, where I coached people on how to make changes in communication skills and health habits.This was a pioneering clinic and I represented the clinic through the UW Speakers Bureau on radio and television shows, and did many corporate workshops.

Public speaking totally intimidated me, and I had no experience. I had accidentally developed a career in the very field I hated; public speaking.

No matter how discouraged you are, I can help you.



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