COMMUNICATION:

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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