Posts

Showing posts from April 29, 2012

Communication and Sex

The biggest challenge we can face in any relationship is communication.  Linguists tell us that 20% of communication is verbal and 80% is nonverbal.  Now, non-verbal for most of us means unconscious, but it doesn't have to be.  Have you ever noticed being in conversation with someone and they keep looking away from you, or their legs are facing away from you?  This person isn't really with you and is "looking elsewhere".  Once I understood what people were expressing in their bodies while they communicated, it became easier for me to recognize this. Another matter in communicating is the chatter that runs in our heads.  We call this "our jabber loop".  The jabber loop continually goes on in our head and a lot of the time can be damaging to us and our relationships.  It takes us on an endless roller coaster and keeps us from experiencing the moment and "what is" in our life.  I read an article the other day that I want to share with you: A...