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April 4, 2023 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

The Power of a Simple Pause

Think before you speak

As a coach and someone who trains on communication, I’ve been preaching the power of the pause for a long time. I am an outgoing person, and in trainings, I often illustrate a pause by sipping on my straw. You see, outgoing people can often speak before they think. When a straw is in my […]

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October 4, 2022 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Manage Expectations to Reduce Stress

Manage expectations

The Oxford dictionary defines disappointment as “sadness or displeasure caused by the non fulfillment of one’s hopes or expectations.” In short, disappointment is unmet expectations. In our daily life, we can be disappointed in our self, spouse, kids, boss, team members, service providers, healthcare…well, just about everything and everyone! We wake up with expectations for […]

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February 9, 2021 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Feelings vs Facts

Facts not feelings

If I had to sum up succinctly what I feel is wrong in our country right now, I would say our emotional intelligence as a whole is in the basement. Emotional intelligence (EQ) is our ability to sense, understand and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions to facilitate higher levels of collaboration and […]

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January 20, 2021 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Why Do You Trust?

Understanding goes a long way

Filed Under: EQ, Life Coaching, Personal, Personal Development, Relationships, Vlog Tagged With: EQ, Life, relationships, thoughts to ponder, vlog

January 19, 2021 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Hatred Will be Our Undoing

Love not hate

I recently watched the movie, The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, a 2008 movie based in the World War II era. It follows a German family who moves so the father can take his new post at a “farm” which is really an extinction camp. The movie is complex and shows multiple sides of the […]

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January 6, 2021 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Do You Know What You Like?

I Want My Life Back book

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July 8, 2020 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

The Little Things Matter

The LIttle Things Matter

I get the statement, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” but I tend to disagree with it. I believe life is made up of the little things, and we must pay attention to them. Look at the world right now: it’s off the rails! Why? Because we stopped caring about the little things, and now the […]

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March 10, 2020 By Lorraine Bossé-Smith Leave a Comment

Handling Crucial Conversations with EQ

Understanding goes a long way

Back in September of 2001, authors Joseph Grenny, Al Switzler, and Ron McMillan released their book, Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When the Stakes are High. Not in a million years would they have predicted what would happen about the same time as their book launched. Perhaps it was Devine providence or just luck, but […]

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