What Do You Look Like When You're Not Listening to You?

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Sadness is one of the universal expressions. When your whole face goes down, it looks more like a frown. I use nodding to make up for the fact that i know i have a resting, sad face. If someone checks their phone, stop talking and look at theirphone as if youre want to check it too. Andyou can litll even say, all good, yes, all ight. So there's two little tips, little cues you can use if you don't if you're being fubbed. It's called fubbing. It's like phone snubbing. Reo also do not like when someon's on their phone, so, ha

The Minimalists speak with Vanessa Van Edwards about communication problems and the signals we send to others through our body language, facial expressions, word choices, and vocal inflections, and they answer the following questions:

How do I overcome the feeling of being chronically misunderstood? (02:38)

What are the four channels for cues? (03:18)

What is the importance of congruence in our communication? (04:10)

How are we most commonly misunderstood? (07:09)

What are warm and confident words? (07:50)

How do we organically incorporate mirroring into our communication? (12:45)

How can you tell if someone is actively listening to you? (15:04)

What are the two misconceptions about eye contact? (16:57)

What is “Resting Bothered Face”? (20:15)

What is “phubbing”? (24:14)

What are “invitation cues”? (27:23)

As a teenager living under my parents’ roof how do I tactfully address the conflict arising between their values and beliefs and my own that are continuously evolving at my age? (30:10)

What is “openness”? (32:24)

What is the “Platinum Rule”? (36:25)

Why is nonverbal communication so powerful? (38:00)

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