How to communicate your own needs?
By doing it!
It is the only way to learn.
I have been going to workshops about communication, understanding what verbal & No-verbal communication is about, giving courses myself, reading, watching online courses, and…. Well … I promise you that all these techniques help a lot but when the moment of showing your own vulnerability to the people comes, you might feel scared and if you are not aware of your emotions, you may try to mask your vulnerability and start saying things that you did not really want to say!! And then it is a MESS: what you would like to share is not clearly communicated OR it is not fully understood by the other person because he/she has a different perception of reality.
We are complex beings, that`s why we never get bored in our relationships 😊
We can only do our best therefore keep learning, keep communicating and listening in an active and emphatic way.