Communication – Michelle Sparkes
Communicating when it’s difficult
<p>Communicating vulnerable thoughts, feelings, wants and needs can be particularly difficult when we are struggling with disordered eating. In this episode, Michelle explores how the deeper emotional experience underlying eating-disorder behaviours can make communication difficult and offers practical guidance for approaching challenging conversations with greater awareness, responsibility, respect and goodwill.</p> <p>Beginning with the proverb “He who seeks good finds goodwill,” Michelle considers how we can seek to understand rather than blame, identify what is happening inside us, communicate using I-language, listen carefully, check that we have understood correctly, and work together towards a constructive way forward. She also...
