by MissNookie | Jul 10, 2020 | Communication
Laughter ensued. I did a slow blink. I paused. And I shook my head. The group of people I had just joined laughed even harder. It’s amazing how a snippet of something out of context can completely change it’s meaning, isn’t it? And I took that...
by MissNookie | May 27, 2020 | Communication
And vice versa. Not long ago, I wrote about the damage I have done some people not seeing them as they wished to be seen. This is my rebuttal to myself, since I often come down on both sides of an issue. On a previous writing, @UnicornHusbandry said: It should be a...
by MissNookie | Feb 3, 2020 | Communication
This writing is now available as a podcast episode! I’m about to start Writing Week, February 2020. What’s that, you ask? It’s my week every month where I retreat from parts of the world and write a book. Yes, you heard that right. A book. A whole book. This week. And...
by MissNookie | Nov 27, 2019 | Communication, Podcasts
This writing is now available as a podcast episode! “perceptual information is shaped by natural selection to reflect utility, not to depict reality.” (source) Donald H. Hoffman, professor of cognitive science at the University of California, Irvine, suggests...
by MissNookie | Nov 23, 2019 | Communication, Podcasts
This writing is now available as a podcast episode! Last week, a friend and I were talking about the frustration of someone saying in an argument, “I’m done talking about this,” and how it feels to be cut off without recourse. Like there needs to be...
by MissNookie | Oct 14, 2019 | Communication
Back in April, I wrote That ONE Thing You Didn’t Do, which sparked some good debate from both sides, in agreement and against. After all, who hasn’t known the pain of giving something that was not at all appreciated, and who hasn’t also had people...
