COMMUNICATION:

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Part of owning our power is learning to communicate clearly,
directly, and assertively. We don't have to beat around the bush in
our conversations to control the reactions of others. We don't have
to fix or take care of people with our words; we can't expect others
to take care of us with words either. And we can respectfully listen
to what others have to say.

Hinting at what we need doesn't work. Others can't read our mind,
and they're likely to resent our indirectness. The best way to take
responsibility for what we want is to ask for it directly. And, we can
insist on directness from others. If we need to say no to a particular
request, we can.

Acknowledging feelings such as disappointment or anger directly,
instead of making others guess at our feelings or having our feelings
come out in other ways, is part of responsible communication. If we
don't know what we want to say, we can say that too.

We can ask for information and use words to forge a closer
connection, but we don't have to take people around the block with
our conversations. We can say what we want and stop when we're
done.

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