Communication Issues – Fulfilling Relationships

Mystery Revealed

November 21, 2021September 9, 2021 by Val Logan

I‘d like to invite you to join me for my upcoming interactive, fun adventure called, “The Magic of Manifesting Your Heartfelt Desires During These Extraordinary Times!” It’s an online event sponsored by the East West Bookstore in Mountain View and will be held on Sunday, September 26 on Zoom at 2pm Pacific Time. I … Read more

Been There, Done That!

June 14, 2017May 14, 2017 by Val Logan

The following is a true story about the unexpected gift I received as a workshop facilitator and experiential seminar leader. What could have been a disaster proved to be one of the best moments of my life. I was in Saddlebrook, New Jersey for a few days to co-facilitate a weekend personal growth workshop with … Read more

On The Path

June 17, 2017July 20, 2016 by Val Logan

Little did I know what would happen when I took my first Group Dynamics psychology class in 1968. I couldn’t believe we were really being encouraged to delve into our deeper feelings. In my family we never did that!

Do You Know How to Add Joy To Your Life by Manifesting Your Heart’s Desires?

June 14, 2017July 19, 2016 by Val Logan

~Preparing The Fertile Ground For Your Precious Seed Thoughts To Grow~ By Val Logan, D.D., C.C.H. When you are feeling good about yourself the world opens up to you. Life is easy. Life is good. Give Me Five! Yeah! This is what makes everything worthwhile. Have you experienced this before? I am sure you … Read more

Communication Issues and Betrayed Trust

August 13, 2015March 30, 2015 by Val and Jeanette Logan

Communication Issues Can Cause Very Painful Experiences

When someone betrays our trust…we usually feel pretty pissed off about it… OR we might feel badly hurt and withdraw. Do yourself a favor and don’t stop there. If you want to help make sure that it doesn’t happen to you again then become open to exploring what you can learn about yourself and what choices you made or didn’t make to contribute to this very painful outcome. Your first mission, if you choose to accept it, is to focus on developing your own trustworthy, reliable, accountable relationship with yourself.

In life, when we value ourselves…when we truly respect ourselves then we feel worthy. That is when we KNOW that we have the right to do our due diligence in all of our relationships, whether with a significant other, friend, business professional, co-worker or even the repairman.

Communication Issues With Self: The Worst of Them All!

June 14, 2017April 8, 2011 by Val and Jeanette Logan

Inner Critic Strikes Again

One of the most destructive communication issues is the one that we have with ourselves when we get stuck in regret. Regret is a form of self-criticism. Regretting our choices from the past keeps us locked into a negative feeling. Our goal as humans is to grow and develop by learning from our successes and our mistakes alike. That is how we make progress. Making ourselves miserable from past experiences hampers our growth. What if we learned from our mistakes and began to feel good about them? Would our mistakes be any less joyous than our successes? It is through our challenging experiences along the way that we develop ourselves.