Have you ever been in a situation in which you had something very important to say, and instead of saying it you just froze? ...Or have you ever experienced being more irritable when you didn't eat or sleep in a long time?
Your State
One of the reasons that mindfulness is so effective is that it helps people get control over their state. Now, when I say state, I mean mental state and emotional state. Most of us know by now that the decisions that are made out of anger, sadness, fear, guilt, and hurt are not likely the same decisions we would make if we had a centered mind. Decisions that you make when you are in a scattered mental state, unfocused, or tired, are sometimes not the best.
However, if you take the case that we have all the resources we need to succeed, then you know that in your best states (emotional and mental focused and empowered) is when you produce your best ideas and results.
We have all the resources we need to succeed.
I remember the very first time I took a call in residency. My senior resident told me that she had my back… but I couldn't stop being scared. We admitted 16 patients that night, and all the processes and responsibilities felt so new and scary.
At some point I just realized I wasn't going to sleep at all, and forced myself to accept the situation and focus on what was really important. I felt like a machine. It was magical how productive and efficient I became after letting go of all my worries and accepted reality.
I had the resources I needed, I just had to let go of my mental blocks.
We are taking inventory to identify your internal state.This means getting out of your head and into your body, to get you more connected to what's happening (that you may not be aware of.)
So, get comfy and let's get to work!
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Everything you do is a communication.
It's not what you say it. It's how you say it.
Only 7% of communication is verbal, and the rest is non-verbal. The rest includes tone, volume, body movement, facial expressions, pauses, silences, and many other things. You CANNOT NOT communicate!
Facial Expressions:
After talking about behavior flexibility and how there are no resistant listeners, only inflexible communicators, it's time to take it a bit further. Consider that a person's reaction to your communication could actually be a function of your communication.
So, last week I had a huge misunderstanding with a good friend of mine. I was speaking with her about an agreement between us and I made a suggestion that she interpreted as me telling her to go and ask a third party for help. Two days later, I found out that this third party was upset with me because I had pulled them into the agreement between me and said friend of mine.
When we finally got to the bottom of it, we discovered that I said something that she interpreted in a different way, and then took an action consistent with that. It all got worked out, and we clarified what I actually meant.
Is it possible to say that it was my fault? Probably not directly, but I do have to be responsible for the way I communicated.
The resistance to communication is actually a sign of a lack of rapport.
I remember one time I was driving into a parking deck and I bumped into this grumpy parking attendant. I got my ticket and paid him. He sort of shoved the parking ticket in my hand and we just went our separate ways.
I thought to myself "What is wrong with him? I didn't do anything!" I could've continued down that line of thinking, but thanks to my NLP training and some practices I know of, I was able to recognize my internal dialogue before going down that rabbit hole.
My mind then went on to wonder what this guy could have in his life that was making him so angry.
In communication we need to remember that we are doing the best we can with the resources we have. However, we can adapt.
I'm an 80's kid. Back then, the way our parents communicated with us was different. Phrases like "because I said so", "When we go to the store, don't ask for nothing", "Back in the day, when I was your age…" were part of our upbringing. We laugh about it now!
Thing is, parenting has changed a lot since then. Not better, not worse. Just different. Our parents did the best they could we the information and resources they had. Now, with more information, parents have a broader idea of how to guide kids.
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A person with the most flexibility controls the system, because flexibility gives you more choices. We're not talking about external influence, but internal influence. We're talking about mental flexibility, behavioral flexibility.
Inflexible people don't like change. What happens when we get stuck in our own behavior or mental inflexibility? We believe we can't change and that we don't have that kind of power on ourselves. In reality, we have more control than we think.
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Nonstop Changes and Resilience
Back when social media first came out, there was MySpace. I resisted it for so long because I felt it was only for artists, and I was full on my integrative medicine practice.
I wanted to talk about incongruence in communication, and how you can actually improve communication by listening.
Have you ever - while talking to someone - felt like they are saying one thing, but something else is going on down the surface... like something is off?
It's Possible to Figure Out the Real Message
Do you remember the show "Lie to Me"? Dr. Cal helped the FBI or the police solve cases through interviews. In those interviews he would sit people/suspects down and talk to them. He was able to tell if a person was telling the truth or lying by observing their body language, facial expressions, voice tone, and other subtle cues. The show was created for entertainment purposes, but the message behind it is something that's very real.
Only 7% of our communication is verbal. The other 93% is non-verbal.
If we want to have a chance of changing the current situation, we will need to dismantle conversations at the unconscious level. There is a difference between the world itself and how we experience it.
Perception
Each person has a different model of the world. That personal view is our reference of reality, and not necessarily reality itself. The world based on experience, beliefs, values, and emotional experiences installed by our parents, media, daily life, etc. It's a so-called reality.
Some can go as far as completely disregarding others due to strictly thinking that their reality is the only one.
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Transformation really happens on the unconscious level.
People act the way they do because people learn how to be a certain way on an unconscious level. There can be no change if we don't begin to get at this at the UNCONSCIOUS level when the consciousness has NOT SHIFTED.
#1 Being Open To the Existence of Other Perspectives
It begins by accepting that our view in life isn't the same as others. That if we don't agree with someone else's beliefs, culture, background, etc... it's still possible to respect them and have a basic regard for their life.
It's not possible to just jump from being a complete skeptic to a wholehearted believer. An important step is to be open to seeing what could be possible.