The only goal I have either for myself or the individuals I teach is that in every interaction the other person should walk away feeling much better for having met you.

A key step to strengthening the emotional connection in any relationship is to anchor or solidify the relationship with “how, when, and why” questions.

Through the following kinds of behaviors (which both represent and help create an inner state of client focus): 1. Letting the client fill in the empty spaces 2. Asking the client to talk about what’s behind an issue 3. Using open-ended questions 4. Not giving answers until the right is earned to do so (and the client will let you know when you hav

I followed up with another open ended question that would, hopefully, give me even more content to work with.