"the language of 'should' and how it distances us from being present with what is" is a double dose conversation with Anthony Chiles examining his relationship to sensitive, vulnerable, and compassionate communication, and how the language of 'should' has disrupted his relationship to the present moment. Anthony currently works as a Program Manager, and has professional experience as an actor and writer. Find out more about Anthony ⁠here⁠.

It's a sweet exchange showcasing the innate connection between all of us (as we've never actually met!), so get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale, and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

"bowing to Korea while making art that can help us navigate conflict through improv" is a double dose conversation with Ahran Lee examining her Korean heritage interwoven with her American socialization, and how language and communication evolved within these realities. Ahran is also an advocate for play and pleasure, has a integral improv practice, and offers coaching support through the lens of 'ancestral pattern shifting.' Find out more about Ahran here.

It's a juicy keke y'all, so get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale, and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This fifth dose discusses the power of paying attention. Attention is a component of our preliterate, preverbal wisdom that allows us to make meaningful connections by bringing us into the present moment and in relationship with our life force. Two major principles are highlighted: energy follows attention and choice follows awareness. When we want to make different choices in real time, paying attention is fundamentally the first step. This dose also reveals an interesting reframe on the concept of a 'mood,' and how our moods pilot and direct what emotions we feel and consequently, how our language and communication is shaped. Get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale, and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠⁠⁠⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠.

This fourth dose discusses how to express appreciation and gratitude beyond our culture-classic 'thank you.' It also reveals why it's so difficult for many of us to receive appreciation, and illuminates the significance of receiving appreciation with open hearts and arms. Get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale, and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠⁠⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠⁠⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

This third dose discusses what compassionate and empathic communication looks like, and the 10 ways we've been socialized to do the opposite. Get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale, and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

This second dose establishes the foundation for empathic communication by introducing the framework and components of Non-Violent Communication (NVC).

Below you will find examples of 'needs' and 'feelings' to begin expanding one's vocabulary and improve one's overall 'needs and feelings' literacy.

As always, get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale: and press play.

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NEEDS:

CONNECTION

- community, inclusion, safety, trust

PHYSICAL WELL-BEING

- air, shelter, touch

HONESTY

- integrity, authenticity

PLAY

- joy

PEACE

- beauty, harmony, inspiration

AUTONOMY

- choice, space, spontaneity

MEANING

- creativity, purpose, celebration of life, growth

FEELINGS:

(NEEDS ARE BEING MET)

AFFECTIONATE

- sympathetic, tender

ENGAGED

- alert, intrigued

HOPEFUL

- encouraged, optimistic

CONFIDENT

- empowered, secure

EXCITED

- animated, enthusiastic

GRATEFUL

- moved, touched

INSPIRED

- awed, wonder

JOYFUL

- delighted, pleased

EXHILARATED

- ecstatic, rapturous

PEACEFUL

- content, satisfied

REFRESHED

- enlivened, restored

(NEEDS NOT BEING MET)

AFRAID

- suspicious, dread

ANNOYED

- disgruntled, irked

ANGRY

- furious, livid

AVERSION

- contempt, repulsed

CONFUSION

- bewildered, perplexed

DISCONNECTED

- detached, withdrawn

DISQUIET

- rattled, uneasy

EMBARASSED

- flustered, mortified

FATIGUE

- lethargic, depleted

PAIN

- agony, remorseful

SAD

- despondent, hopeless

TENSE

- distressed, frazzled

VULNERABLE

- guarded, fragile

YEARNING

- pining, envious

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit ⁠siaontheotherside.com⁠. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at ⁠[email protected]⁠. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click ⁠here⁠.

This first dose establishes the ground for our dynamic dialogues around language and communication. Get comfy, soften around your eyes, exhale: and press play.

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'Talk Sensitive To Me’ is a dynamic dialogue that seeks to highlight the importance of sensitivity in healthy discourse and communication. The emphasis on sensitivity is to bring awareness to sensations, feelings, thoughts, needs, internal and external environments, and imagination when we are engaged in communication with others. The use of language to express one’s self is a window into one’s soul experience at any given moment and is considerably influenced by the varied systems and -isms of society. Upon examination of the current state of society, our communication styles and methods have bred unfulfilling, inhumane, and outright violent means of connection. Our capacity for compassion has atrophied and as a result, human connection across many subgroups, including culture, language, masculine/feminine energy exchange, and generation has been debased. We need a resolution.

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aasia has a B.A. in Linguistics with a minor in Psychology from Carleton University and M.Sc. in Communicative Sciences and Disorders from New York University. She collaborates with other humans as a clinical speech-language pathologist (SLP) + communication specialist, yoga educator, and certified somatic coach + bodyworker. Through her yoga, somatic, and communication practices, she offers distinctive movement analysis and energy interpretation to reveal asymmetries and blockages within the soma, impacting one’s interpersonal relationships, self-expression, and overall life exploration. For more information about aasia's contributions, visit siaontheotherside.com. If you have any accessibility concerns or would like to be in dialogue on the podcast, feel free to email me at [email protected]. To schedule a complimentary session to explore personal desires and growth, click here.