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The Soft Answer
by Rita Solorzano, Susan Lowell de Solorzano, Kathryn Lydon, Monica Schoettler
Rita Solorzano
The Soft Answer
by Rita Solorzano, Susan Lowell de Solorzano, Kathryn Lydon, Monica Schoettler
Rita Solorzano
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Overview
Virtually everyone has been on the receiving end of verbal aggression. It may be in the form of an outright criticism, a backhanded compliment, a manipulative remark, or a socially awkward attempt at connecting. It may come at us from out of the blue or bubble up in the middle of a conversation or argument with coworkers, family, friends or even strangers. Regardless of where it comes from, it can leave us feeling frustrated, angry, hurt or speechless. What can we do in the face of this?
With decades of collective experience in education, Tai Chi, communication, business and of course, the ins and outs of interpersonal, family and community dynamics, sisters and sisters-in-law, Kat, Monica, Rita and Susan, have written The Soft Answer: Verbal Tai Chi for sociable self-defense. This book provides you with techniques and strategies to handle uncomfortable encounters and restore balance by disempowering social and verbal aggression. It can teach you to start fresh, pay attention, and find a third option. It can help you to recognize the systems that we get embroiled in that bring the drama into our lives. It can illuminate the pitfalls and show ways to change dysfunctional dynamics. Most importantly it can bring you back to the peace and comfort of the home that is you. We welcome you to give it a try.
"Bravo! Brava! Bravi! You have done an excellent job of pulling together a lot of information—much of which was new to me. And then, to make it cohesive and useful in such a creative, encouraging way is positively brilliant. The T'ai Chi spirit infuses every aspect of it." ~EW, an artist in Washington, DC
"...a great and important undertaking...where was this info 30 years ago?!! I might have saved me a lot of mental anguish, "stewing" and possibly suffering. I think HR departments all over the place will be interested. Companies pay tons of money to keep people calm and productive in the work place." ~ KF, an entrepreneur in CA
"Something that's really needed in today's world. " ~ MKS, great-grandmother in Washington, DC
"You did an outstanding job with this! I love it! It is well written, comprehensive, and true to its purpose. It has a fabulous compassionate voice and really brings out the true spirit of tai chi." ~ KP
With decades of collective experience in education, Tai Chi, communication, business and of course, the ins and outs of interpersonal, family and community dynamics, sisters and sisters-in-law, Kat, Monica, Rita and Susan, have written The Soft Answer: Verbal Tai Chi for sociable self-defense. This book provides you with techniques and strategies to handle uncomfortable encounters and restore balance by disempowering social and verbal aggression. It can teach you to start fresh, pay attention, and find a third option. It can help you to recognize the systems that we get embroiled in that bring the drama into our lives. It can illuminate the pitfalls and show ways to change dysfunctional dynamics. Most importantly it can bring you back to the peace and comfort of the home that is you. We welcome you to give it a try.
"Bravo! Brava! Bravi! You have done an excellent job of pulling together a lot of information—much of which was new to me. And then, to make it cohesive and useful in such a creative, encouraging way is positively brilliant. The T'ai Chi spirit infuses every aspect of it." ~EW, an artist in Washington, DC
"...a great and important undertaking...where was this info 30 years ago?!! I might have saved me a lot of mental anguish, "stewing" and possibly suffering. I think HR departments all over the place will be interested. Companies pay tons of money to keep people calm and productive in the work place." ~ KF, an entrepreneur in CA
"Something that's really needed in today's world. " ~ MKS, great-grandmother in Washington, DC
"You did an outstanding job with this! I love it! It is well written, comprehensive, and true to its purpose. It has a fabulous compassionate voice and really brings out the true spirit of tai chi." ~ KP
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940161181300 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Sassafras Branches LLC |
| Publication date: | 04/27/2019 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 490 KB |
About the Author
We (Kat, Monica, Rita and Susan) are sisters and sisters-in-law with decades of collective experience in education, communication, T'ai Chi Ch'uan, business, group facilitation and kinesthetic learning, not to mention family and interpersonal dynamics. We've come together in order to develop The Soft Answer Verbal T'ai Chi™ system and make it available to the world.
Our mission for The Soft Answer Verbal T'ai Chi system is to get this material to as many people as possible, and in a way that's quick, easy, affordable and sustainable. We believe in its value, and we see it as a critical piece to mending the tears in our global human family network. For this reason, we offer the foundational first two weeks of the course as a free mini-course, available to all.
With your participation and support, we hope to carry this mission forward, engendering peaceable communication and harmony, beginning with each of us as individuals, and extending to our local and global communities.
Through our own cultivation of a Soft Answer practice, we've found that a lot of the pain and suffering and wasted time we experienced could be avoided by simply applying better communication skills. We developed this system so that we could share with you the effective strategies that have helped us (and others) bring greater balance and peace into our world.
The material has made a huge and positive difference in our lives and we are eager to share it with you, and we deeply appreciate your willingness to give our system a try.
Our mission for The Soft Answer Verbal T'ai Chi system is to get this material to as many people as possible, and in a way that's quick, easy, affordable and sustainable. We believe in its value, and we see it as a critical piece to mending the tears in our global human family network. For this reason, we offer the foundational first two weeks of the course as a free mini-course, available to all.
With your participation and support, we hope to carry this mission forward, engendering peaceable communication and harmony, beginning with each of us as individuals, and extending to our local and global communities.
Through our own cultivation of a Soft Answer practice, we've found that a lot of the pain and suffering and wasted time we experienced could be avoided by simply applying better communication skills. We developed this system so that we could share with you the effective strategies that have helped us (and others) bring greater balance and peace into our world.
The material has made a huge and positive difference in our lives and we are eager to share it with you, and we deeply appreciate your willingness to give our system a try.
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