(This is a two part series. Did you miss part one? Check it out below!)

You are already an expert at reading Body Language.

Your ability to read the meaning behind people’s words happens almost entirely on a subconscious level. It’s a skill you’ve been honing since you were just a little baby, back when words were nothing more than a bunch of funny sounds.

Much of our survival as a species has depended on our ability to read body language.

Does this new person in our life intend to harm us? Or are they to be trusted?

Their words signal friend, but that scowl suggests alternative intent.

Which of these two signals should you trust?

Or put another way:

If your significant other answers the question, “Is everything alright?”, by folding their arms, shaking their head, and grunting out a barely intelligible, “Fine”, which are you inclined to believe?

The words? Or the body?

That’s right, words are the vehicle of lies, but the body…well, the body’s default language is one of truth.

You’ve got to work pretty hard to tell a lie with your body.

It can be done, but it requires conscious practice and a whole lot of intentionality.

That’s what we’re going to talk about here today.

Not so much how to tell a lie with your body, but, rather, how to use your body to send the messages with intention.

Why?

Because we spend a lot of time worrying about what we’re going to say next in a conversation, that we rarely stop to consider how we’re going to say it.

Which is a shame, because through the careful application of body language, you can send some pretty amazing messages.

Let’s start with the most obvious…