How To Embrace Your Pauses When Speaking

The Pause That Refreshes “I, er, uh, ummm, basically, actually, you know what I mean”. How many times have we heard this? No, we don’t know what you mean?  These are filler words that fill in for uncomfortable silences when we are not sure what to say or how to...

Cellphones and texting inhibit conversations!

Elizabeth Renzetti, a journalist in The Globe and Mail wrote when watching the line ups for the Apple iPhone 6 that “many people were on their phones but no one was actually talking” (September 22, 2014). “Phones are not made for speaking anymore. In the Wall Street...