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I have a small number of books that rarely find their way onto my library shelves. These are the ones to which I refer constantly and have become touchstones of my practice. They are full of good stories, practical examples, interesting questions and well-tested wisdom. Over the years, they have become dog-eared, flagged, annotated and stuffed full of notes. They travel with me and I never loan them. Amanda's 'Pause for Breath' will become one of those books. --Steve Marshall, Founding Partner & Director, meus
Amanda gives us a wonderful blend of personal experience and insight while encouraging curiosity about the habits that show up in conversations. This innovative book offers a unique blend of practices using physical, emotional and spiritual components that are down to earth yet powerful enough to shift unpleasant interactions into skilful and satisfying communication. A great tool for leaders and coaches! --Wendy Palmer, founder of Conscious Embodiment and author of The Practice of Freedom and The Intuitive Body
Whenever there comes along an important book on communication like this one, everyone declares, 'So-and-so needs to read this book'. And of all the so-and-so's in the world, one of them must surely be you. --Thomas Crum, author of The Magic of Conflict, Journey to Center, and Three Deep Breaths
Amanda gives us a wonderful blend of personal experience and insight while encouraging curiosity about the habits that show up in conversations. This innovative book offers a unique blend of practices using physical, emotional and spiritual components that are down to earth yet powerful enough to shift unpleasant interactions into skilful and satisfying communication. A great tool for leaders and coaches! --Wendy Palmer, founder of Conscious Embodiment and author of The Practice of Freedom and The Intuitive Body
Whenever there comes along an important book on communication like this one, everyone declares, 'So-and-so needs to read this book'. And of all the so-and-so's in the world, one of them must surely be you. --Thomas Crum, author of The Magic of Conflict, Journey to Center, and Three Deep Breaths
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This book is for leaders, coaches and practitioners who are intrigued by their contribution to, and impact in, conversations, and who are committed to cultivating an authentic presence and voice. The book explores: the influence of internal dialogue on your interactions with others and your effectiveness in your organisation; how to increase your versatility in challenging or delicate conversations and to develop capacity for doing this in 'bad weather' (adverse conditions; and how to germinate systemic change, one leasdership conversation at a time.
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I am truly enjoying this book, Amanda writes personably encouraging us the readers to reflect on our experiences, to practice noticing more things about who we are being in particular in our conversations with each other, allowing more space. For many years now I have been working with leaders encouraging awareness of who they are being in the moment and that a great way of doing this is through breathing and to then have the courageous conversation, to be open and honest with each other. Now I am talking with leaders about having both spacious and courageous conversation. In particular I found useful Amanda's inviting us to notice the extent to which we are advocating in conversations versus enquiring of the other, and to bring our awareness to how we engage with others. The 'pause for breath' at the end of each section is gentle reminder to us all to practice and to re-engage with ourselves first and then with others. Thank you Amanda. Best wishes Anni
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I've been meaning to write a review on this books for some weeks, and I keep delaying it as I'm not sure I can do the book justice. The other reviewer has given a good summary of content, so maybe I should just say how the book makes me feel: curious, enlightened, challenged, inspired, supported. In fact, very much the same emotions that Amanda engenders when working with her. I had the privilege of being mentored by Amanda for a year, and it was a transformational experience. If you can't have that, then at least buy the book - it really is the next best thing.It should be mandatory reading for every new leader, and is certainly no my book list for my own NLP and coaching students.
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Have you ever wondered why you end up having the same, unhelpful conversations time after time? You know you are going to but you can't help yourself. Have you ever wondered why, having put so much effort into managing that change, the people in your organisation just keep behaving as they used to? Have you ever felt yourself saying or doing stuff that you don't really mean to - you know you shouldn't but somehow your body takes over?
Well, this brilliant book tells you why and what you can do about it. A couple of reasons - 1. Our subconscious instincts react more quickly and more powerfully than our conscious ones and unless we bring them to 'mindfulness' they will dominate. Sometimes this serves us well, sometimes not. 2. Despite all that has been written and understood about managing change in organisations we still do not pay enough attention to managing and changing patterns of behaviour and dialogue that determine 'what goes on around here'.
Amanda's book not only explains all this in a really engaging way, it provides at every key point - and this marks it out from anything else I've seen - 'practices' that enable you to put the theory into place right here right now.
An essential read for any leader committed to improving their personal impact and the holistic health of their organisation and for any coach working with such leaders. I thoroughly recommend it - enjoy!
Well, this brilliant book tells you why and what you can do about it. A couple of reasons - 1. Our subconscious instincts react more quickly and more powerfully than our conscious ones and unless we bring them to 'mindfulness' they will dominate. Sometimes this serves us well, sometimes not. 2. Despite all that has been written and understood about managing change in organisations we still do not pay enough attention to managing and changing patterns of behaviour and dialogue that determine 'what goes on around here'.
Amanda's book not only explains all this in a really engaging way, it provides at every key point - and this marks it out from anything else I've seen - 'practices' that enable you to put the theory into place right here right now.
An essential read for any leader committed to improving their personal impact and the holistic health of their organisation and for any coach working with such leaders. I thoroughly recommend it - enjoy!
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