What are effective communication skills?  We believe these are skills that are expected of people and NOT taught.  We break down specifically what effective communication skills are, how to do them and why they are SO important in order to have successful conversations and relationships that thrive.

Do you want to be a confident communicator at work and home - especially in conflict?  We can help.  Get our conversation framework at www.instituteofcuriosity.com or in our book The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding.

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This week Kathy asks “What makes a conversation successful?”  We talk speaking to be heard vs listening to understand and the most important component that is often overlooked in conversations that makes our relationships thrive.

What makes a conversation successful for you?  We want to know.  Drop us an email [email protected] or join us on Facebook and Instagram @instituteofcuriosity. It’s your place to share experiences, learn new tricks and tools or ask those burning questions you want answers to.

You can learn more about our work or access our free course (https://mx131.isrefer.com/go/IOC/ksiggins/) at instituteofcuriosity.com and in our book The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding.

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This week Kirsten comes clean about the disconnect between parents and kids.  Kirsten shares her recent AHA with her daughter, how Kirsten thought she knew more than she did and the simple shift that allowed her to understand the little things that she was not be picking up on so the friction and emotions could be avoided.

We would love to hear from you - what do you want to learn more about?  Join us on Facebook and Instagram @instituteofcuriosity. It’s your place to share experiences, learn new tricks and tools or ask those burning questions you want answers to.

You can learn more about our work or access our free course (https://mx131.isrefer.com/go/IOC/ksiggins/) at instituteofcuriosity.com and in our book The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding.

If you liked what you heard, please rate and review us and don’t forget to share with your friends.  Then hit subscribe to keep up with the latest episode.  Thanks for tuning in.. Stay curious and we will see you next week.

Do you think Canadians are too polite? Are we suffering from the disease to please?  Kathy and I talk honestly about this - how this is holding us (and our kids) back and what we can do to disrupt helping us step into more conversations rather than away from them.

We would love to hear from you - do you shy away from conversations for fear of not being polite? Join us on Facebook and Instagram @instituteofcuriosity. It’s your place to share experiences, learn new tricks and tools or ask those burning questions you want answers to.

You can learn more about our work or access our free course (https://mx131.isrefer.com/go/IOC/ksiggins/) at instituteofcuriosity.com and in our book The Power Of Curiosity: How To Have Real Conversations That Create Collaboration, Innovation and Understanding.

If you liked what you heard, please rate and review us and don’t forget to share with your friends.  Then hit subscribe to keep up with the latest episode.  Thanks for tuning in.. Stay curious and we will see you next week.

Listen as Kirsten has a major AHA talking to Kathy about the need we feel to defend ourselves, what this does to our conversations (and relationships), and how being focused on right/ wrong prevents us from understanding differing perspectives.

Kathy opens up about how we can be our own worst critic, how judgment physically and mentally weighs us down, and what she’s learned from her Judgment Challenge that we can all benefit from.

PS- You can watch the Location video Kathy references here#mce_temp_url# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLqzYDZAqCI)

Kathy & Kirsten talk assumptions - those truths that we make up and believe regardless if they are true.  Listen how not testing our assumptions creates blind spots and obstacles that lead to feelings of not enough and conflict.   Kathy & Kirsten share a simple trick to help you take those blinders off and connect to yourself, and others, in a more meaningful way.

Kathy & Kirsten talk about something that so many women struggle with, including themselves.. How to have it all, deal with feelings of overwhelm and try to figure out what it is that we truly want.

This week Kathy and Kirsten dig into something that most people never think about or consider – conversation health.  They talk about how conversations are like calories and understanding what you feed your conversations will change the way live.