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This post includes an audio file of me leading you through a Progressive Muscle Relaxation Exercise. It only takes 11 minutes, so if you’re feeling stressed, this is an easy way to learn to relax. Enjoy! Relaxation techniques are an essential part of your quest for stress management. Relaxation isn’t just about peace of mind or [...]

Some years ago, I took a daylong workshop in storytelling from a renowned theater director who worked in London and New York. At the end of the day, he closed by saying, “If you worked only with the pause for a year, you’d begin to understand its power.” While I didn’t focus only on the [...]

It’s funny. Most people are comfortable using gestures when they’re in conversation. You can see them in restaurants, or at gatherings, their arms and hands moving about freely while they talk. Now take these same people and put them on a stage with an audience. Suddenly they don’t know what to do with their hands. [...]

Poor Phil. In his position as manager, he has to both sit in on and give a lot of presentations. He’s bored by the former and frightened by the latter. When he listens to others’ talks, he’s judgmental and critical. “Why don’t these zombies get a clue and come to life?” Yet, when it’s his [...]

It’s a funny thing about eye contact – most of the time we’re not aware of it. At the same time, it’s a really big part of face-to-face communication. Try this – sit down with a partner and agree to take turns talking about any topic for a minute or so each. The rules: whoever [...]