Todays episode is an idea for a game to play that can do a lot to help with improving communication… if the other person is willing to play. #Prerequisites #WordsAreWeirdWords --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Patience is important in actual communication because what are the odds that someone really understands what you are trying to say? #TheBoxOfLanguage #Humility #Invalidation --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes being embarrassed is not such a bad thing #Tools --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

It can be a dangerous think to use words without knowing their definition. I find often that a thesaurus can help with this. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

If you have something worth sharing, then share it! You never know what could come of it. #WoodAndFruit #LowerYourExpectations #TheBeautifulGame #YourMindAsAGarden #LearningToGarden --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Conversation can be great when we use it to communicate, but that is not always what happens. Sometimes it is good to take a step back and seek to understand rather than seek to judge. #TheBeautifulGame #Invalidation #Permission --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

It may be an inconvenient truth, but emotions can take time to play out. #FeelYourFeelings #ThoughtSoup #Spimes #HealingSucks! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

It can be frustrating, but taking the time to seek the truth can save you a world of inconvenience. #TheRealityFilter #FeelYourFeelings #TheEmotionMachine --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes you need to be yourself, even when others disagree #Hate #RightAndWrong #TheBeautifulGame --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Your mind is an interesting place, and one thing about it that is unique is that you have to live in it. There are no returns or buying a new one. #YourMindAsAGarden --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes you should go and find the dragon while it is young before it grows up an comes to find you #HealingSucks #Sanitation (movie reference: Little Shop of Horrors) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes you have to be honest with yourself and think about how what you want to do is going to affect your life. #Hate #HealingSucks! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

When I think about it, I find myself seeing that hate is not such a bad thing, even if it can get out of hand at times. #Support --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes we can get so focused on one thing that it seems like it is the only thing that matters, but is it? #DepthInversion #ReceivedOrPerceived #TheRealityFilter --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes the story that we tell ourselves is not true. Sometimes taking a moment to step back and see if there is more information can save you a lot of time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes when you think it is a good thing, you have to do something about it #AnythingWorthDoingIsWorthDoingPoorly --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Taking a minute to clarify what we mean when we say certain words can go a long way in terms of understanding. #LowerYourExpectations #DoubleStandards --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Working on yourself is not easy! It is a lot of work and frustration, and you may not have any support. Then when you improve, people may show appreciation for the wrong things. But that is not why we do it. #FakeByDefault #DoubleStandards #Tempering #Teaching #LowerYourExpectations #TheBeautifulGame --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Often enough, we as humans tell ourselves things we want to hear rather that things that are accurate. Today we talk about how that idea can affect our ability to learn things. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Pushing further from the last episode on #LowerYourExpectations, is there a point to having low expectations? Why go through the work to do that? #DoubleStandards --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Expectations are something that may seem to keep us safe or help us get what we want, but what if that is not the case? #DoubleStandards #ThoughtSoup #PlantingSeeds #DepthInversion --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Sometimes we can be hard on ourselves because we did not do well on a test, or did not get a particular job, etc. Today’s episode talks about how doing that may be part of why we are not getting where we want to be. #SettingForSuccess #Labels --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Be carful what you plant in your garden #YourMindAsAGarden #Hydroponics #LearningToGarden --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support

Expectations can cause a lot of disappointment. Or they can be tools we use to better ourselves. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/perspectal/support