• When we lack skills to talk it out, then we act it out. And there are two categories, or patterns, of bad acting that the team at Crucial Learning, who brought us the book Crucial Conversations - uses. Those two patterns are Silence and Violence. Want deeper awareness of your F-word Patterns? Take this Style Under Stress assessment to bring greater awareness of your go-to patterns when you are triggered.  Style Under Stress Assessment
  • Dr. Richard Himmer is the author of Listen & Lead and a wonderful teacher of all things to do with learning how to communicate better. Here is his website, where you can also find links to his podcasts and blog.  The Himmer Center
  • To help me understand and remember what I'd learned about how to thrive after relationship trauma, I wrote the book, Metamorphosis: Breaking Down a Trauma Cocoon. It can be purchased on Amazon.com Metamorphosis: Breaking Free of a Trauma Cocoon