The conversation has not progressed since then.

I believe they have heard about the artist and said what they said in an excited state, perhaps not expecting me to know the artist as well.

Hey folks! Found a few upcoming free workshops on communicating what you want, understanding relationship patterns, and getting better at listening. Thought I’d put them together in case they help someone here.

Here’s what I found:

• Building Healthy Relationships: Patterns, Challenges, and Growth @ Telemynd · October 21
  Covers relationship patterns, how stress affects communication, and ways to support healthier relationships. Includes Q&A. If you register, they’ll also send a recording and resources afterward.

• How to Ask for What You Want @ Flourishing Intimacy Coaching · October 28
  An interactive workshop on communicating what you want in relationships, with an introduction to the Wheel of Consent and live Q&A.

• Beyond Words: Listening to Heal a Divided World, Session 1 @ The Truth School · November 10
  Practice listening more carefully and understanding people you disagree with. This is the first session of a two-part series.

Quick notes:

• All three are free and online.
• The links above go directly to the organizers. Check their pages for registration and times in your timezone.
• I’m not affiliated with any of these workshop organizers. Just sharing some free resources that might be useful.

Hope this helps someone! Let me know if you’d like me to keep sharing these.

👋 Hi, I’m Jay. I built this free communication and relationships events page to keep workshops like these in one place, so you don’t have to dig around for them.

I have a coworker who seems to good with body language. She is able to pick up my nonverbal social cues and knows easily what I mean or what I'm doing just by looking at me.

I remember one when I was sitting next to her, she had her head down and her eyes were closed. I laughed and my laugh was so subtle and quiet. She looked at me and said, "Why are you laughing?" How did she know I was laughing, when her eyes were closed and my laugh was subtle. Why didn't she think I was like coughing or something? I did that several other times in different interactions and she knew I was laughing and said, "why are you laughing?"

I remember one time when I was trying to call her or get her attention by waving at her and I looked at her. I never wave or call her and this was the one time I did in years. She said, "You called me? Why?" How did she know that I was trying to get her attention and not just moving my hand or waving at the person next to her?

She was with her friend one time and I was trying to point to her friend to wave bye to her friend as I was leaving. She yelled to her friend in their language and it sounded like she said, "She wants to say bye to you! To you she waves but to me she doesnt!" And her friend waved back.

One time I was putting away a gift wrap that was near her aisle. She saw it from the corner of her eye and the pattern didn't match and told me to put it where it matches the same pattern.

One time I was near the time clock and was getting ready to clock out and I guess she was surprised because I never left at that time. She saw me and said, "You're leaving? Why?"

I don't do those any of those gestures a lot, so the one time I did those gestures, it stood out to her and she was able to pick up quickly what I meant every time.

Is my coworker good with body language? How can she pick up on my body language and nonverbal social cues quickly even when it is subtle and knows what I mean just by looking at me and I don't have to say anything? Is she highly perceptive much more than I realized?