Words have power. They impact the quality of our friendships, our ability to succeed, and our happiness. Often, we are unaware of how words influence our lives. Have you ever noticed how some people bring you alive during a conversation, while others leave you...
We connect with people through words and often those words are misunderstood, argued with and judged. If you learn to speak with appreciation and positive regard, eliminating criticism, pressure or blame from your language, you’ll be one of the few to reach...
Do you dream to inspire? Live deeply fulfilling? Experience change that’ll alter you to the core of your being? Touch people from the heart? Be a transformational leader? Do you want to feel intimately connected to the people you love? To the planet?...
Today I want to introduce one of the transformational power tools I use as a coach. Yielding, or the art of getting your way by giving in. My first conscious encounter with yielding, or better the lack thereof, was in American traffic. I lived in Germany at the time...
“A smile is not the evidence of happiness; it is the cause of happiness.” A few weeks ago a friend called me out of the blue. “Karin,” he said, “I have the feeling you may not know this – do you remember the little session we...
I have been writing about positive communication and its impact on life. Today I want to share a game we created in our family to put this into action. Over the past few weeks, for some reason or other, our family had gotten into the habit of fussing about stuff. Our...
