EMPOWERING RESPONSES FOR SETTING BOUNDARIES

Time Out and Broken Record are the last two conflict management skills. As with any assertive skill, assess your safety if someone has a history of being abusive.

HOW TO MAKE EMPOWERING RESPONSES WHEN PEOPLE ARE UPSET

Anger Starvation and Positive Admission are two constructive ways of dealing with another’s anger, disappointment, or frustration.

GIVING and RECEIVING NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

This fourth blog in my assertive communication series shows why these skills are important and how to be constructive in their use.

POSITIVE EXPRESSIONS

Giving and receiving positive expressions are the next skills in my assertive communication series that began with Assertive Beliefs. It covers two of four feedback skills. Each article in this series includes exercises for learning and practicing assertive skills. Some do not think of giving and receiving positive feedback as being assertive. However, assertiveness is […]

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION: EMOTIONS & EMPATHY

Expressing Emotions and Empathy is the second of the Assertive Communication Skills series. They complete the self-defining skills along with requests and refusals covered earlier.

ASSERTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS: REQUEST AND REFUSAL

This assertive communication skills series begins with two self-defining skills: assertive request and assertive refusal.