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Join my journey as I try to "fix" my communication. They say, being able to effectively communicate is one of the most important life skills. And yet, communication is not taught properly in schools. I am one of the people who struggles deeply in certain areas of my communication, and have received no help in fixing that. So, I am starting my own process to learn how can I be better at communicating. I will try to learn about communication daily, and record an episode whilst I'm learning and exploring about this subject. Questions and Feedback welcome.

Episodes

  1. 11/13/2023

    Acceptance

    Today we learn acceptance. Acceptance is often the best route if the problems you have cannot be solved, or you're unable to solve them right away. Three paths to acceptance are - observing your thoughts and moods rather than judging them or acting on them, keeping the big picture in mind, and acting in accord with your values even when you are distressed.

    15 min

  2. 10/24/2023

    Thoughts and Imagery

    How are thoughts related to anxiety? In this episode we go over some text and also do an exercise to identify the thoughts we had in an anxious situation.

    13 min

  3. 10/23/2023

    Understanding your anxiety

    Today we learnt that anxiety has physical and mental symptoms. Anxiety comes in two behavioral forms - 1. Avoidance 2. Safety behaviors Copping behaviors should be adopted to reduce anxiety over time.

    16 min

  4. 10/09/2023

    Understanding mood severity and physical symptoms

    Today I go over chapter 14 of book "Mind over mood" and understand about anxiety. I also finished chapter 4 from previous episode. We learnt about mood severity and anxiety physical symptoms. Start rating your mood on a scale of 0-100% and start noting down your physical symptoms of anxiety. Here is the worksheet that helps - https://infosheets.mindovermood.com/MOM2-worksheet-14-1.pdf

    17 min

  5. 10/06/2023

    Identifying Moods

    Today, we're continuing to understand ourselves by learning how to identify moods. Reading chapter 4 of this book - "Mind over Mood", we learn that: Moods can usually be described in one word Situations and behaviors can be described by asking yourself: Who? What? When? Where? Identifying specific moods helps you set goals and track progress Thoughts are the words, images, and memories that go through your mind.

    15 min

  6. 10/04/2023

    It's the thought that counts

    Summary: Today I go over the book "Mind over Mood", and read its chapter 3 "It's the thought that counts". Thought affects mood Thought affects behavior Thought affects physical reaction Environment affects thought Life experiences determine the attitudes, beliefs and thoughts that develop in childhood and often persist into adulthood.

    23 min

  7. 10/01/2023

    Recap

    Today I reflect. I see what I did good and what I missed out on.

    19 min

  8. 09/30/2023

    Understanding Incongruence and Anxiety

    Reversing Anxiety and Conquering Incongruence - https://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Articles/A_E/Anxiety-reversing-the-vicious-cycle#, https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_1441-1 Summary: Anxiety can have a significant impact on one’s behavior and daily life Anxiety feeds itself in a vicious cycle Anxiety arose from incongruent personality Incongruent personality has distorted sense of self Incongruent people become defensive and denies reality thereby increasing anxiety Avoidance and safety behaviors can also fuel anxiety Gradual confronting feared situations is a the medicine for anxiety Coping skills such as Breathing and Thinking help conquer the mind when facing anxious situations

    24 min

  9. 09/29/2023

    Self-Love

    Today I went over Self love, which is a crucial part of our personality building. Here is the reading link - https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/how-to-practice-self-love/ The main points of today were: Self love helps with mental and physical health Happiness, self-acceptance, self-esteem, self-awareness and self-foregiveness are mental benefits of self love Keep a gratitude journal Give yourself compliment Speak to yourself like a friend Practice mindfulness Celebrate small wins Limit time on social media Today, there is an opinion question about upcoming episode suggestions.

    13 min

  10. 09/27/2023

    Tone and Clarity

    Today I take feedback from yesterday's practice and learn more about Tone and Clarity. I go through these two webpages to learn about today's topic - https://www.tonyrobbins.com/love-relationships/watching-your-tone/, https://www.quora.com/I-speak-too-fast-and-unclear-how-can-I-improve-this There are 4 components of voice’s tone - Pitch, Volume, Pace, Timbre Pitch - High pitch is immature & defensive voice, and Low pitch is unnecessarily heavy and unpleasant Volume - Low volume is inaudible, and high volume is argumentative Pace - Slow pace is boring, and high pace is difficult to understand Timbre - Imparts personality - frustrated, rushed, sad, happy To improve language clarity, do - meditation, visualization, practice, abdomen breathing

    25 min

  11. 09/26/2023

    Active Listening at work

    Today I pick up one of the most critical types of conversation skills - conversation skills at work. Work meetings are boring for everyone, but if we slack(pun intended) on proper communication, it doesn't take much time to fall behind, and even, lose the job. That's why, it is important to train to listen and respond properly at work meetings. Today I read from this article - https://hbr.org/2021/12/how-to-become-a-better-listener

    20 min

  12. 09/25/2023

    Active Listening

    Today I went highlighted some of the difficulties in communication that I face. Improper Listening Lack of recall from conversations Miscommunication under stress Conflicts during conversation Lack of consciousness while speaking(Lack of thought clarity) To address the first problem, I went through the following blog and learnt what research says about active listening, from one of the founders of humanistic psychology, Carl Rogers. Rogers was the first to develop a talking based approach to learn more about humans. If Carl rogers can learn deep truths about a person by just talking to them, he might have a thing or two to say about listening effectively! https://aeon.co/essays/the-psychologist-carl-rogers-and-the-art-of-active-listening

    37 min
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Join my journey as I try to "fix" my communication. They say, being able to effectively communicate is one of the most important life skills. And yet, communication is not taught properly in schools. I am one of the people who struggles deeply in certain areas of my communication, and have received no help in fixing that. So, I am starting my own process to learn how can I be better at communicating. I will try to learn about communication daily, and record an episode whilst I'm learning and exploring about this subject. Questions and Feedback welcome.

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