Interesting concept of ‘sticky’ words. What we say can be so influential. Not sure i’d risk the word ‘safe’ though!
I was in New Zealand on the west coast two years back and a friend took me to see a rugby match between two Maori teams. What a rough match! It made me think “no wonder New Zealand has the best rugby union team in the world”. Anyway, I somehow ended up in the dressing room of one of teams before the match and was called upon to help strap ankles. I hadn’t strapped ankles for some years but the old skills quickly returned. A young shy limping lad came up to me and said “my ankle makes a funny crackling noise, is it OK?” I took a quick look, did some routine ankle stability tests, put some strapping on, “one extra piece for you” I told him, and then said “it’s safe” and “off you go”. The whole thing just took a few minutes and it was…
View original post 860 more words
Siobhan White 