Once Upon a Conversation
Let’s talk about . . . talking! Conversations are the heartbeat of relationships and yet we so often avoid the sensitive, difficult, intimate, emotional and scary ones. We play it safe and bit by bit our relationships become less intimate, less real, and less satisfying. Join my guests and I, as we explore what makes intimate conversations so scary and why we avoid them. We will talk about how to prepare for them, initiate them and participate in them in ways that deepen intimacy, clarify misunderstandings, repair disconnects, and resolve conflicts. We can learn to bravely ask for change, express our feelings, apologize with grace, see things from new perspectives, and invite growth into our relationships. We can build, repair and deepen our relationships, one conversation at a time. We get personal on this show. We talk about conversations we regret not having, the ones that we are forever grateful we had, the ones we wish we had done differently, and the ones we are currently avoiding.I have spent the last three decades learning, practicing, coaching, mediating and teaching how to effectively approach difficult conversations and conflicts and I still get butterflies before a tough conversation!. Join me . . . and let's get talking!
Once Upon a Conversation
A Poetic Conversation with Nancy Cameron
Nancy is a mediator, collaborative family lawyer and author of Collaborative Practice, Deepening the Dialogue.
In today's episode, she shares with us how she leaned on her strength in communicating through writing by sharing a poem with her father to begin a series of poignant conversations as he approached his assisted end of life date.
She also shares the conversation she regrets not having and encourages all of us to tell the people in our lives how we feel about them.
Nancy's favourite conversation tip: Pause and get curious!
"But that ability to put a pause on our immediate response, make some space for that response flexibility, and then go to curious questions, I think that's the biggest gift to me of everything that I've learned from my conflict training is that that's kind of where our key lies. That's where our freedom lies, is being able to expand that place between our immediate reaction and then go to curiosity. "
To find out more about Nancy or to get in touch: https://www.nancy-cameron.com/book/