Compassionate Conversations: How to Speak and Listen from the Heart

The definitive guide to learning effective skills for engaging in open and honest conversations about divisive issues.When a conversation takes a turn into the sometimes uncomfortable and often contentious topics of race religion gender sexuality and politics it can be difficult to know what to say or how to respond to someone you disagree with. Compassionate Conversations empowers us to transform these conversations into opportunities to bridge divides and mend relationships by providing the basic set of skills we need to be successful including listening reframing and dealing with strong emotions. Addressing the long history of injury and pain for marginalized groups the authors explore topics like social privilege power dynamics and political correctness allowing us to be more mindful in our conversations. Each chapter contains practices and reflection questions to help readers feel more prepared to talk through polarizing issues ultimately encouraging us to take risks to understand and recognize our deep commonalities to be willing to make mistakes and to become more intimate with expressing our truths as well as listening to those of others.

Paperback: 272 pages

Publisher: Shambhala (May 19 2020)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1611807786

ISBN-13: 978-1611807783

Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 13 ounces