Nonverbal Communication | Rachel Beohm

When Your “Help” Leads to Harm

by Rachel Beohm | Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Ideal Life, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Relationships

When Your “Help” Leads to Harm In your professional life, your interactions with others directly affect the success of your business and your own personal wellbeing. In every exchange, you have choices: You can perpetuate bad habits or you can foster growth. Do...

Cultivate the Three Elements of Trust

by Rachel Beohm | Authenticity, Confidence, Conversations, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Presenting to a Group, Promotions & Interviews, Receptivity, Relationships, Voice Pattern

Cultivate the Three Elements of Trust Human interactions rely on trust. We constantly gauge others and try to determine “friend or foe?” from the first second we’re introduced. Others constantly assess us, too. The “Trust Meter” rises and falls throughout specific...

Get a Group’s Attention with This Skill

by Rachel Beohm | Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Pausing, Presence, Presenting to a Group

GET A GROUP’S ATTENTION I recently spoke to a group of high school students about leadership skills. One participant asked, “When my gaming group gets together, how do I make them all quiet down so I can give announcements?” Lucky for her (and you),...

Communication Tips: Swimsuit Edition

by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Authenticity, Body Language Myths, Conversations, Nonverbal Communication, Presenting to a Group, Receptivity, YOU

Communication Tips: Swimsuit Edition Swimsuit shopping. Ugh. Finding the right suit can be such a chore. I usually look for one that covers my wobbly bits, but that also suits (ha!) my personality—you know… fun, classy, and bold enough to attract attention...

One Tool for Handling Anger

by Rachel Beohm | Conversations, Dealing with Difficult People, Delivering Negative Information, Emotions, Nonverbal Communication, Presenting to a Group, Relationships

One Tool for Handling Anger “I don’t know what to have for breakfast,” my daughter stated one morning, as if it was an accusation. Of felony. I gave several breakfast suggestions. She rejected them all. She wanted a certain thing we lacked ingredients for, and...

How Good Leaders Handle Stress

by Rachel Beohm | Adaptability, Body Language Myths, Breathing, Confidence, Emotions, Leadership, Nonverbal Communication, Nonverbal Skills, Posture & Body Position, Presence, Presenting to a Group, Space, YOU

How Good Leaders Handle Stress When I think back over all the dinner parties, showers, church gatherings and various events I’ve hosted over the years, one stands out as a complete and total disaster: Turkey Day in May. Several years ago, after eight months of...

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