Listen to Understand

Listen to Understand By Sara Jane Why is it that when we get together in a group, especially a family group that it is so noisy with everyone vying to speak at the same time? Why do so many of us interrupt someone whilst they are still speaking, not listening to all they have to […]

Practise the Pause

Practise the Pause By Sara Jane Have you heard the saying “Practise the Pause”? Have you thought about what that means? Why more and more people are starting to do it, especially in contentious situations? The older I have got the more I am learning that not everything requires a response and in some cases, […]

Find the Lilt in Your Life

Find the Lilt in Your Life By Sara Jane Lilt, what do you understand as being its meaning? I’ve heard the term the “Irish Lilt” to do with the way they speak but I wasn’t sure of its actual meaning, so I looked it up In The Reader’s Digest Great Illustrated Dictionary: A light happy […]