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Ivanka Trump's Body Language At The G20 Summit, Analyzed


Ivanka's body language actually betrayed the fact that she was out of her depth in the conversation, body language expert Patti Wood, author of Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language, and Charisma, told Refinery2
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Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

5 Signals You Can Spot From Body Language That Prove They're Into You

Fair shakes, after doing so many articles on the nonverbal signs a relationship is over, today I got to do the signs someone is interested in you. Funny, I use to contribute to so many articles on flirting and dating and now I get far more requests for signs that someone is lying cheating or just plain done! 
Excerpt from article:
What you want to see instead, according to Patti Wood, a body language expert and author of Snap: Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language, and Charisma, is body language that leaves their “windows” open. “There are windows all over you body. At your eyes at you neck, your heart, the palm of the hands your knees and the bottoms of you feet,” she tells Elite Daily. “They keep their windows open to you to show they feel safe and want to connect to you.”

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

How To Use Humor to Deal with Grief and Loss,

In our family, humor is one of the ways we have coped in a healthy way with loss. It started with my Dad.  He was a great storyteller. No matter how many times he repeated a funny story, Mom laughed every time as if it was the first time, he had told it. (She really loved him.)

When he passed away many years ago, one of the ways we dealt with his loss was humor. My Dad had been a fighter pilot in two wars and did the driving and always got the best parking spaces right up front. It didn’t matter if it was Saturday at a busy grocery store or a packed movie theater parking lot, Dad got us the prime spot right in front of the doors. It was uncanny. For years it was a family joke and we laughed together in the car every time he got a great spot. We use that funny shared family memory to cope with his loss.

Still, more than thirty years after his passing, when we are in the car as a family and get the best front parking spot we joke and say, “Dad must be in the trunk.” Yes, it’s a rather macabre way to honor our Dad, but, as family, we get it and know he would!
Even the grandkids born years after his death know the joke. In fact, my former fiancĂ© who never met my Dad would even say when we got a prime spot. “Your Dad must be in the trunk” Every time we say it it’s a way of making him feel close. Heck, he is right there with us in the trunk!

In the same way, we have used humor to deal with the loss of our Mom, (who was very witty.)  She passed away in October.

My sisters and I will call each other when we think of a funny “Mom story.” Recently at a ceremony to celebrate Mom, we brought funny stories to remember her.

To give you an idea of how we celebrate my kooky Mom, my Mom’s favorite place in the world was Stein Mart! She loved, loved the sales at Stein Mart. Her side table always had stacks of Stein Mart coupons from the paper and when one of the Stein Mart stores where she used to live closed shortly after she went to live in Georgia, we said it was because she had moved! It was not surprising that my sisters and I on our own all thought that the parking lot of Stein Mart would be a great place to spread her ashes! In fact, we all shared our same funny idea and laughed about it. By the way, we didn’t spread her ashes at Stein Mart. But, in one of the steps to grieving her loss, I took an "In Memoriam" trip to Stein Mart in Atlanta and sent the photo to my sisters and called them and we laughed together. My Mom loved anything glittery and shiny, like rein stones and always wore fun costume jewelry.  My dear friends knew I was always bringing my Mom fun jewelry so when I had a little ceremony to grieve with them, they came dressed in costume jewelry, even the guys. It was such a great way to celebrate her life and make me smile. And when my sisters and I are together and we go to Stein Mart or see shiny jewelry, we say to each other, she is right here with us, shinning away.

I wrote this today for a national publication. Funny how the opportunity came up just before our family’s celebration of Mom. I think she may have had a hand in that!

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

Compliment Others Easily With Great Introductions!

Introducing people by recognizing talent and giving praise is an important part of being a good leader, team member, and friend. In my book, "People Savvy Leadership," I give the following tips:

When you focus on other’s accomplishments and notice what is worthy of praise, your energy is lifted, and you build successful interactions.
A simple way to give praise is with an introduction. For example, when you introduce your friends, coworkers and business associates to someone new, share their name and an accomplishment. "Jim, this is Sara Beckman, she just headed up the committee for our new quarter sales meeting and it was fantastic." "Tom, this is Morgan Tyler, she just spearheaded the new marketing project." "Karl, this is Veronica Mann, she works with our top client Prudential." Or “Pam, this is my dear friend Karla, we have known each other since we were kids and she has the best sense of humor” “Karla this is my co-worker Pam, she has designed our new social media platform to rave reviews from the team or “Mark this is my colleague Jim, Jim he is our go to expert on customer loyalty, he really knows his stuff.” Jim, this is my friend Mark, Mark and I met at Top Golf benefit he was in charge of last year and it was a huge success and did us proud.” 
If you need a quick reminder on proper introductions you typically say the name of the highest status, eldest, or most honored person’s name first. Sometimes it gets complicated so here is an example. If you are bringing a top client, honored quest, or say the speaker for the event up to a small group of people who don’t know the guest and you are introducing them to a high-status person such as the president of your company you should say the name of the person you are bringing into the group first, for example, “Patti, I would like to introduce you to our president Jim Shore who has led us to the most profitable year ever.” “Jim, this is our speaker Patti Wood an internationally known expert of Body Language. Hearing their name first makes the guest feel warmed and welcomed. Try a compliment introduction in the next 24 hours.

Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.
     

Hope Hicks Is "Enjoying The Attention," Says Body Language Expert

Hope Hicks testified in a closed-door hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, and an expert said her body language was very revealing.
"Oh my god, she's enjoying this," body language expert Patti Wood told Refinery29 as she watched a brief video of Hicks walking down a hallway and ignoring reporters' questions. "That's so fascinating. But I'm not incredibly surprised."
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Patti Wood, MA - The Body Language Expert. For more body language insights go to her website at www.PattiWood.net. Check out Patti's website for her new book "SNAP, Making the Most of First Impressions, Body Language and Charisma" at www.snapfirstimpressions.com.