Brilliant Stress Management

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A word of warning

Please do not try to over-interpret a single gesture. Look for

patterns and clusters of signs. A single gesture usually means

nothing: I may touch my brow because I disagree, or maybe

because I have an itch. I may hug my arms around my body

because I am anxious, or because I am cold.

Recognising avoidance

Conicts tend to escalate when people avoid contentious issues

that need to get resolved, so the stakes have increased by the

time we confront them. So, you know that there is a problem,

but you don’t address it and, despite your hopes, it does not

go away. If you don’t discuss it, the distrust ...