Have you ever noticed how sometimes your communication, or that of others can get a bit prickly? Tangy, tetchy, impatient, petulant perhaps? Something I refer to as “cactus communication” That moment where your well-to-do manners and etiquette appear to have momentarily vanished. Cactus communication isn’t just something we express to others. You might even be getting sharp-tongued with your self-talk. Prickling yourself with negative inner narratives? Of course, there are pe