Communication Coach Prints

"I do support your right to free speech - I just don't support your tone."

Thoughts

'There is no one who understands me.'

'We need to talk....' - 'Oh no.'

"If you don't need anything, I'm going to shut down my emotions for the night."

"Of course I care about how you imagined I thought you perceived I wanted you to feel."

"Let me know when you get tired of berries. We'll work on your people skills."

'We're all on the same page, We're just all reading different books,'

"Clearly, there are things we really should have discussed sooner!"

Relate 'She's got all the faults, yet I'm the one who's over-critical'

Poor kid, never had a chance.

"Look, I'm not denying the validity of your grievances. I just think they'd be better addressed at home, Helen."

"Go ahead. Tell me your troubles. I promise to say 'Awww' in all the right places."

'Could you speak a little louder?'

'Here's another email from a parent, written in lower case with no punctuation and seventeen spelling errors, demanding we do a better job of teaching social skills.'

"When I said 'make yourself comfortable' - I meant loosen your tie!"

'I said 'barium,' not 'bury him'!'

Foundation for the Syntactically Challenged

'We can't discuss anything fairly - He just keeps moving the goalposts!'

"We really need to communicate better."

"Must you look at your phone when I'm talking to you?"

Relationship problems.

When handling difficult conversations, focus on the issue and not the person.

'We need to talk. Let's plan on doing it sometime when there is nothing worth watching on TV.'

'If you must worry,don't worry out loud. It's wasting my time.'

A close understanding between player and caddy is essential.

'No, the dog is fine...I'm looking for a husband whisperer!'

"I'm not sure we're sending the right message."

'We never talk anymore.'

"If you were slipping inexorably into psychosis, you'd tell me, wouldn't you?"

Nothing to say! Wouldn't wanna hear about it anyway!

'I think we communicate much better now, I can finally hear myself speaking,,,'

J.D. Perkins, Civil Union Counselor.

'My programmer doesn't understand me.'

'You'll find that communication, in a marriage, works best if you start off with a smile and a kiss.'