Article: Speak Honestly 
Let's spend a few minutes today looking at what it means to
speak honestly. When asked, most
of us would say, "Yeah. I'm honest." And my guess is, if you are at all like
me, there are times when we are not completely honest. This "dis-honesty" often arises, not in
outright lies, but in withholding how we truly feel or what we really want to
say. Have you ever gotten in your
car and started talking to the air and saying everything you wished you'd had
the guts to say earlier in the day? Or gotten on the phone with a friend and told them all the things you
should have said? I have.
When we don't express our true feelings we repress ourselves
and we deny the other person the opportunity to really know us.
I know it could feel scary or even impossible, when we think of actually saying what we want to say... We think, "I
can't say that I'll get fired." or "If I say that he/she will leave." A friend of mine said almost these
exact words to me the morning when we were talking about speaking honestly and
authentically! We push those words
back down our throats where they came from in an attempt to keep our lives safe
and secure, comfortable and known.
Yet, every one of those suppressed words
creates separation
...separation between ourselves and the person we didn't speak them to.
When we push words and emotions down repeatedly they start to pile up and
resentment, anger, and hurt can fester. Those painful emotions further separate
us from the love, security, and peace so many of us long to feel. There's a way
in which the more we push down, the more separation we have to create between
us and another... because if we get too close
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Weekly Practice: Conscious Listening
Since this week's newsletter is about Speaking Honestly... I thought
I'd suggest a weekly practice of Conscious Listening... Have you ever had a date or a beloved repeat something they were
upset about over and over again... and then bring it up a month (or a
year!) later during a completely different disagreement? Are you
frustrated by their behavior? Read more...
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