being approachable, safe, and comfortable to talk with: This is perhaps the most challenging of all the topics. It requires considerable introspection and honesty. We each have different barriers to communication that we cannot see. Others experience these barriers and judge us to be distant or unapproachable. Still others think we are not a safe person to tell the truth to. Just as you can tell intuitively sometimes that someone is guilty of something so too can some people read things about you. They don't know what they are reading, they just know that you aren't the kind of person they would choose to sit and talk with. There are a series of communication exercises and conversations with the tutorial coach that will support you in identifying your barriers and in disappearing them. A person who has acknowledged (communicated) their barriers has the effect of being approachable. Return to | Home Page | Overview: Topics | Registration |