Eyebrows: One of the best ways to communicate is with your eyebrows. You screw them up when you are confused, raise them when you are surprised, draw them together when you are thinking hard. The way you skew your eyebrows can say a lot. You can communicate with your spouse, significant other, or whomever just with a look. The best part is that it does not matter if your eyebrows are bushy, narrow, plucked, over-grown, etc.

Eyes: Your eyes and the parts around them working in unison say a lot. Your eyes can widen with surprise, can roll with mock sarcasm, can narrow with anger. You can give one look to your significant other and convey a whole world of meaning. This is very effective when you want to say a lot by saying little.

Tongue: Has anyone ever stuck their tongue out at you? What does this mean? It can be a funny gesture that is done in play. It can be a gesture that is catty, or rude. There are all kinds of ways to communicate with your tongue. For example, sticking your tongue to the side, or biting down on it can mean you are thinking. Playing around with it can mean you are bored.

Lips: Smiles can say a lot. Frowns also say a lot. Skewed lips, and biting your lips, puckered lips, and more are all ways to communicate with your lips without talking.

Shoulders: You can shrug them, hunch them, or many other things. The thing with talking with your shoulders is that it can be very effective.

As you can see from the above examples, there is a lot of ways to communicate, and this means there are a lot of ways that you can mis-communicate. If your friends tell you something important to them, and they see you lolling your tongue about like you are bored, they may find offense. Your face and the expressions you have on it say a lot about you as well, and communicate a great deal. So, if you are not careful with what you communicate with your eyes, eyebrows, lips, etc. you could be sending the wrong message. This is never a good idea in a relationship. There are enough ways to get wires crossed and messages wrong. Not thinking about what your facial expression is conveying should not be one of them. So, stay conscious about the non-verbal communication you are sending out. It can be used to your advantage, such as you can flirt with a wink, or let your companion know you are ready to leave a party without actually voicing it, etc. But it can also be problematic if you send out mixed signals.

Learn to master you non-verbal communication, and to consider what your friends and family are communicating to you non-verbally. There are many instances where you can say one thing and mean another, and it is often easy to pick up on this if you pay attention to the non-verbal clues.