Book Titles

How to Talk with Anyone about Anything
The Practice of Safe Conversations

By Harville Hendrix, Helen LaKelly Hunt

Year Published: 2024
ISBN-13: 978-1400337477
Categories: Conversation, Safety, Talking

37 Quotes Found

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

…sharing a fun experience with someone is another way to break down barriers and take the tension out of communication and relationships.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

…enjoying the company of others is crucial to our feelings of safety and satisfaction…

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

We all live from the past toward the future, and our brains are primed to anticipate that whatever happened in the past could happen in the future.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

If conflict can be triggered during communications with others, then change and mutual understanding can occur in the same place.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

…you need to be aware of the quality of the energy that exists between you and those with whom you interact.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

The more you can create safety, caring, and humor in any interaction or relationship, the more productive and lasting it can be.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

What you focus on is what you get.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

Not knowing is an amazingly liberating approach to life.

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

…tolerating ambiguity (aka not knowing) is a sign of brain health. – Dan Siegel

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How to Talk with Anyone about Anything:

A childlike wonder helps create safety and understanding.

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