Skill 2: Use emotional awareness to beat relationship stress
You need to be in a place you understand yourself, remain calm, and focused in difficult situations. In order to reach that level, you need to connect with your emotions. Know how your emotions influence your actions.
Skill 3: Improve non-verbal communication
Most of the time, what you say is less important than how you say it. The non-verbal signals you send out are so important in expressing your emotions. These includes the gestures you make, how loud or how fast you talk, the way you sit, how much eye-contact you make, or how close you stand. If at all you want to hold the attention of others and build a deep connection and trust, you need to be aware and in control of this body
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You are still communicating non-verbally even when you are silent. Therefore, consider what you are transmitting and whether what you say matches what you feel. For instance, if you say “I am ok,” while looking away and clenching your teeth, your body is clearly signaling the opposite.
Your non-verbal messages can produce a sense of trust, interest, excitement, and desire for connection. Likewise, they can generate distrust, fear, confusion and disinterest.
Tips for improving non-verbal communication
The success of your non-verbal communication will depend on the ability to recognize your own emotions, manage stress, and understand the signal you are sending and receiving. Here are some tips that can help you improve on your nonverbal communication:
a) Focus on the other person
When you are having a conversation with another person, stop planning what to say next, stop daydreaming, or thinking about something else. You will certainly miss non-verbal cues and other subtleties in the conversation.
b) Make eye contact
When you maintain eye contact, you are showing interest. Furthermore, you will be able to maintain the flow of a conversation, and you will gauge the other person’s