Art of Eloquence Blog — kids RSS




NEW at Art of Eloquence: UPDATED Sample Lessons

We've updated all our sample lessons! Over the last year, I have been working almost exclusively on new communication studies, especially the ones that you have told us you needed.  Over the year, we have released: Say What You Mean Debating the Issues   Say What You Mean Overcoming Social Anxiety   Say What You Mean Beginning Debate   Say What You Mean Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts   This past year has left me precious little time to do some much needed revising of our website...and you all know how UNtechie I am.  Well, in the past few weeks, I've been working on several aspects of our website and today I'm ready to announce our first series of changes:...

Continue reading →



April is Grace Month

Have you subscribed to Communication FUNdamentals' RSS Feed?  Don't miss a post! x All this month I'll be talking about the role of grace and godly communication in our daily lives from our marriages, kids, neighbors, family, friends and co-workers to how we handle the phone and social media.  I'll be sharing tips from my article, "Ten Quick Rules for Disagreeing in Grace" and expanding on it to include more insights.  I'll even share some from my upcoming new study, Say What You Mean: Avoiding, Reducing and Resolving Conflicts. After checking out my article, for a little fun you can visit FIMM (Foot in Mouth Man) for some of his misadventures in miscommunication.  There will be a new episode this...

Continue reading →



Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day is a time I look back.  Each year as a mom brings me unique blessings I want to savor.  Life will never again be as it is now.  I want to take the time to remember and cherish it. This picture was taken several years ago.  A lot has changed since then.  We don't even live in the same state as we did then.  My dd is all grown up now and going into her Junior year at college.  My son is almost my height.  As my father always says, "Tempus certainly does fugit" around here! Happy Mother's Day to each of you!

Continue reading →



Wordless Wednesday

If you are a seasoned subscriber here on Communication FUNdamentals, you will remember that this is something I had done on a weekly basis years ago. Much of communication is not in the words we use, but in our body language, eye contact, gestures, tone of voice, etc.  To celebrate this, I want each of you to post a picture on your own blog or Facebook wall or wherever and come back here and post a comment with a link to it. It can be anything from a beautiful scene to a picture of your kids, a picture of you as a child, an animal or your favorite thing!  Just make sure it's family friendly, please! Let's all share a...

Continue reading →