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We are on week 2 of our #lhjlifedare chats with Ladies Home Journal and Life Dare TV. This week we are focusing on communication issues.
Do you have a particularly bad memory of communication gone wrong? I do! I was venting to a friend (I thought), a woman in the coaching space. I was struggling with a mentor and needed to discuss his motives and his methods. The confidential (I thought) conversation was a mixed bag of positive and questioning statements and the exchange left me sure I did not want to break off the relationship but
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confirmed I would proceed with caution (I thought).
My decision was made for me a few days later. My mentor called me and confronted me with a slightly smudged version of the conversation I had with my coach friend. He wouldn’t share his source, citing the loyalty of his friends as the reason for the broken confidence. When the phone conversation ended, the mentoring relationship ended as well.
I didn’t confront her, the coach/friend/not really a friend, even though I run into her occasionally. Every time I see her I am barraged by feelings of betrayal. A memory of her pretending to be my friend, nodding and smiling and getting me to gush, all the while plotting to use the information against me.
Any person who has experienced consistent human contact has experienced communication issues and betrayal. I posed a Facebook question to our community: What is your least favorite communication issue? The results are below (starting with the conflict receiving the most votes).
Confronting someone who did you wrong.And that’s the topic of the #lhjlifedare chat today! Focusing on WHAT we are dealing with, WHY it’s so hard for us to speak the truth and HOW we are going to DARE to deal with our communication stresses in the future.
Join Ladies Home Journal (@lhjmagazine) and Life Dare TV (@liznead) tonight, Wednesday, March 21st at 9:00est, 8:00cst for a chat about our #communication issues and building DARES on the spot for you!
I hope you’ll be there!
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I am a loud mouth. A strong, broad-shouldered (in my head, anyway), arguing, bantering, debating woman. I don’t mind asking for more towels, raising funding for my television show or thinking on my feet. I LOVE getting up in front of an audience and speaking the truth!
I have a secret, though.
I hate confronting people who have hurt me.
Yes, it may seem strange, strong women who avoid confrontation but the real FEAR is about negotiation. Women’s apprehension over negotiation is 2.5 times more than men, according to Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever of Carnegie Mellon.
Everyone has a negotiation weakness, a space they would prefer not to confront the truth. A strength in one area does not necessarily translate to strength in all situations. I put a list of my least favorite “communication issues,” and asked a few “strong” women to identify which they struggled with the most and why.
The silent treatment is a power move, a gauntlet thrown down to you: figure out what is wrong with me or I will allow our chasm of silence to grow into a relational canyon. Kristen, a funny, outspoken and successful realtor, feels the silent treatment is a game of manipulation. If she can speak her mind, why can’t they trust her enough to lay it out there?
This is a big week for Life Dare TV- Ladies Home Journal is featuring the episode, Slippery, Raw and Spicy in their April issue and on website.
Guest Lisa is getting ready to try some SPICY on this episode of Life Dare
For the next four weeks @liznead and @lhjmagazine are teaming up at #lhjlifedare to chat about a topic that can Bring Life Back to Every Day Life and this week’s topic is:
#energydrain
I posed the question to our fans and followers and got back quite a list:
Stop the #energydrain and Bring Life Back to Your Life right now! Do you DARE?
Wow! No wonder we are feeling tired and lethargic at times. Our lives have a slow and steady leak and it’s time to plug the energy drain- IF we DARE to make some changes. We are going to focus on the top three energy drains
and we’ll be building DARES on the spot you can try today!
I hope to see you there!
Now it’s time to take a 30 Day Life Dare! Click to start..
Life Dare TV and 30 Day Dares are featured by Ladies Home Journal- check it out and share!
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