Getting Real 10 Truth Skills You Need to Live

Everyone values honest communication, yet few people possess the requisite skills. Susan Campbell provides simple yet practical awareness practices — culled from her 35-year career as a relationship coach and corporate consultant — that require individuals to “let go” of the need to be right, safe, and certain. Such questions as “In what areas of my life do I feel the need to lie, sugarcoat, or pretend?” help guide the reader toward self-realization. The ten truth skills include Letting Yourself Be Seen, Taking Back Projections, Saying No, Welcoming Feedback, Expressing Taboo Thoughts and Emotions, Revising an Earlier Statement, Holding Differences, Sharing Mixed Emotions, and Embracing the Silence of Not Knowing.

Susan Campbell, Ph.D., has worked for many years as a relationship coach and a teamwork consultant to Fortune 500 companies.

Acknowledgments

ix

Foreword

xi

Brad Blanton

Introduction

xiii

How to Stop Being Right and Start Being Real

1

(14)

Experiencing What Is: To Get Where You Need to Go, Be Where You Are

15

(22)

Being Transparent: Freedom's Just Another Word for Nothing Left to Hide

37

(30)

Noticing Your Intent: Is It to Relate or to Control?

67

(22)

Welcoming Feedback: It's How We Learn

89

(16)

Asserting What You Want and Don't Want: Supporting Your Feelings with Action

105

(18)

Taking Back Projections: Discovering Your Other Side

123

(16)

Revising an Earlier Statement: It's Okay to Go Out and Come In Again

139

(12)

Holding Differences: Seeing Other Viewpoints Without Losing Your Own

151

(18)

Sharing Mixed Emotions: You're Not Crazy, You're Complex

169

(10)

Embracing the Silence of Not Knowing: Entering the Fertile Void

179

(20)

Serenity, Presence, and Compassion

199

(12)

Appendix A Resource Guide

211

(4)

Appendix B Communication Guidelines for Getting Real

215

(4)

Appendix C Description and Ordering Information for Card Games

219

(6)

Index

225

(6)

About the Author

231

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Getting Real 10 Truth Skills You Need to Live an Authentic Life

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