Communication Junkie

Our thoughts affect our emotions. In this episode, Steve discusses how the lies we tell ourselves can sabotage our mental health and interpersonal relationships.

Ever notice that you judge others for the same things you do? Or that you hold other people to standards that you don't meet yourself? Ever found yourself unable to break free from someone's first impression of you. In this week's episode, Steve discusses the power of first impressions and the self-serving bias.

Intercultural Communication takes place every day when we interact with people who don't look, think, or act the way we do. Improving our intercultural communication skills makes it easier to interact with others, and developing diverse relationships makes the world a better place.

Of course people should be held responsible for their actions, but Steve shares why obsessing over fault and blame (instead of solving actual problems) can ruin our interpersonal relationships.

In the Season 2 finale, Steve discusses how to become a more powerful person and communicator by sharing two words that changed his life.

The coronavirus is on everyone's mind. In this week's episode, Steve discusses health anxiety and how the coronavirus global pandemic has affected our mental health as much as our physical health.

What we pay attention to, what we ignore, and the lenses we use to view the world all shape our beliefs. In this week's episode, Steve explains how perception affects everything we do, including how we respond to global pandemics.

Conflict creates problems. How we handle conflict can create even bigger problems. In this week's episode, Steve gives three simple steps for managing healthier interpersonal conflict.

Older couples often say the secret to a happy marriage is compromise. In this week's episode, Steve explains why that isn't necessarily true.

People are so focused on "winning" and "being right," that fighting those short-term battles often causes long-term problems. In this episode, Steve talks about the importance of thinking about the long-term health of our relationships.