This Week’s Challenge: Be aware of your facial expressions!
All too often, we don’t realize that our nonverbal body language is louder than our verbal. I have caught myself rolling my eyes, sighing, or shaking my head a lot this week. There are many, especially our children, who are not strong at reading our nonverbals and may take our lack of eye contact or straight face as being angry or disappointed with them. Try to be aware of the message you are sending and make sure it is the one you are intending.
“What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson