Gender Balance --  Feminine / Masculine     

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First step is in communicating is to
open your heart and be genuine.
If empathy is in order,
be there with the other person

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What is Empathy?  
http://conversation-skills-core.com/how-to-form-close-friendships-by-correctly-using-empathy
"Empathy is the ability to spontaneously
identify with another on a direct emotional level.   
Essentially, you’re giving the other person a chance
to express their emotions AND know those feelings
have been interpreted correctly and accepted."  

"Even with less intense emotion,
empathizing helps people feel they aren’t alone.   
They aren’t isolated."      

"They feel someone understands them on
the most fundamental conscious level: emotionally.
This REALLY does a lot to connect two people." 

"You can empathize with positive or negative emotions.  
Being there through the bad emotions comforts.   
Sharing in the good emotions increases joy."

The above four paragraphs are quoted
from the website linked-to above. 
We recommend you go to their website
and read the entire article.

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S O F T E N   
One of the most useful techniques in interrelating
is called SOFTEN.   
Soften is an acronym for:   

Smile  
Open Body Language
Forward Lean  
Touch
Eye Contact
Nod Yes


H O T  A P E  
Another technique is called  H O T   A P  E
Hot ape is an acronym for :

Humor  
Open Body Language  
Touch  

Attention  
Proximity
Eye contact

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Open Body Language:
      Directly  face the person with whom you are communicating.
      Both shoulders are equidistant from them.
      Point your feet directly toward the other person.  

Proximity:  
      How close are you to the other person?

Attention:     
      Give you full attention to the other person.     
      Avoid shifting attention to other things happening around you.
      Avoid doing something that distracts you attention
            from the person you are communicating with

Eye Contact:  
      Frequency and duration  

Touch:   
      A safe place to touch is on the shoulder
             and/or top center of the back.  
      As touch comes closer to the hand it becomes more intimate

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Reading another persons Body Language:
      Are the facing you directly?     
      Notice their shoulder position.  
      Where are their feet pointing?  
            Directly toward you expresses  interest.    


The Art of Self-Expression:  



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