http://bodylanguagelady.com Patti Wood, MA CSP - The Body Language Lady Sat, 26 Jul 2008 02:29:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The other day I talked about the magic of online dating. But the space and anonymity of online dating can be dangerous. It may give license to fib or falsify every thing from their online photo to their profile and current marriage status. It may also free them to be less ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/25/online-dating-problems/ Women and men learn to communicate in particular ways because those ways are associated with their gender and nurtured and rewarded. Zoologists, biologists and anthropologists say that unlike certain animal species, in which the males and females are easily distinguished we look pretty much alike.  The first question a stranger ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/23/understanding-gender-based-differences-in-communication-part-3/ How much of the meaning of a message is communicated nonverbally? I know you have heard statistics in a presentation or read it in a book or online. The invalid statistic that has been promoted by many speakers and trainers states that 55% of the meaning of communication is body language, ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/22/how-much-of-the-meaning-of-a-message-is-communicated-nonverbally/ This week I was interviewed as a body language expert about the effect of the lack of nonverbal communication on online dating relationships. The interviewer was excited that I had dated online so I could tell her my first hand experience as well as my professional opinion... One of the best ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/20/online-dating/ Men and Women are different and that is a wonderful thing. It makes our lives more interesting, and the world a more balanced place. It important to note that the differences are not so much gender linked as gender class linked. What we often are seeing is not really a ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/18/understanding-gender-based-differences-in-communication-part-2/ Have you always wanted to know the secrets of body language and learn to become a body language expert?  REGISTER NOW for my free one-hour teleseminar on first impressions to take the first step in becoming a people reader. My nonverbal communication coaching programs guide you through the process of reading ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/14/free-body-language-teleseminar-on-tuesday-august-12-2008/ I love my Thursday night Meeting of the Minds discussion Group We talk about the wildest things we talk about politics, current events, and Kissing. We can move through a heated discussion on Torture and human rights and how we should vote to discussing what are the deal breakers when you ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/11/conflict-and-relationships/ Right after we are born, people start treating boys and girls differently. Boy babies are put down sooner and not touched as much. Mothers hold their girl babies longer right after birth. They touch and caress girls more, give them more eye contact and smiles. Boy babies, even in their first ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/09/understanding-gender-based-differences-in-communication/ Here are links to two 2 videos and my answers to the questions that will be posted on Mad Dog & Mike's blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eft3Q_zO6NE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJb1KvwuFvY  1.  What do you see from the way both men gesture with one another in both of these links? In the first link of the show at the stadium, as they ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/07/body-language-of-mad-dog-mike-sportscasters-tell-the-battle/ The other night I was at Borders bookstore with a friend. Yes, bookstores are one of my favorite hangouts. I am such a party animal! :) I was fascinated to see how crowded the bookstore was on a Sunday night. Did you ever notice how people in line around you avoid ... http://bodylanguagelady.com/2008/07/07/talking-to-strangers/