Did you know there are many ways we communicate as well as take in and process information?
You may have seen it in children, as a parent or teacher, or even in the workplace. Auditory, visual and kinesthetics learners. Verbal and non-verbal communication. Awareness is key.
How do we tend to communicate? How best do we learn? Why is this awareness key?
Do you remember being a good or bad student at school? How did the school environment influence this? How did your parent’s influence?
If you were an auditory (hearing) learner, how your teacher spoke was key. If you were mostly a visual learner, as well as a predominately non-verbal communicator you would have probably done well. Schools are mostly set-up for these styles.
Talkative people were probably more kinesthetics (‘hands-on’) learners needing things to be actioned, as well as auditory. If you were talkative in school, how were you treated?
Shy students were more non-verbal. Choosing expressions, or non-expressions (still a response) to communicate.
Verbal communication – refers to the way you express yourself using spoken words
Non-verbal communication – includes facial expressions, gestures, posture, eye contact, and personal space.
How we communicate is a combination of words, facial and body expressions but also tone. Tone conveys emotions. But also tone creates excitement or engages. Tone is used more than people realise.
Words themselves don’t have a tone. Spoken words however do.
How does our tone play into it?
Tone influences how the spoken word is interpreted. It influences how a message or teaching is perceived. Tone also conveys emotions. For example, if someone is feeling happy when they talk and a loving or joyful tone is used, this influences how a person takes on what someone is saying.
Tone takes on an even deeper meaning to an empath. Empaths create what is know as a ‘field’. Generated by knowing what another is feeling. In school, if your teachers wasn’t well or not in a good mood one day, your studies would have struggled. Even if you are also an auditory learner. Empaths will worry too much, clouding the learning.
Tone creates an element in communicating that most people only become more aware of as an adult.
To assist with your own family dynamics or classroom, your own awareness and mastery of your tone is key.
