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Compassionate conversations : how to speak and listen from the heart / Diane Musho Hamilton, Gabriel Menegale Wilson, Kimberly Myosai Loh.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder : Shambhala, 2020Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 224 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781611807783
  • 1611807786
Other title:
  • How to speak and listen from the heart
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Conversations evolve -- What we have in common -- An exploration of difference -- Intimacy with identity -- What is true: the importance of "I," "You," and "It" -- Having a clear intention -- Conversation essentials -- Hidden biases -- A history of injury -- Strong emotions in conversation -- Clarifying power -- Talking about social privilege -- Politically correct -- Growing through convict -- Shadow in conversation -- Miraculously resilient -- To atone and forgive -- Becoming wholehearted -- Freedom here and now -- In it together.
Summary: "This book explores how to develop better communication skills, particularly at a time when conversations can be highly polarized. Our conversations about diversity or inclusion, about equity and fairness, or about power relationships take place in a historical context of injustice, injury, and pain, which is difficult to navigate. These conversations are made more challenging by the fact that injustice is still very real. In spite of the potential pitfalls and risks, we hope to encourage our readers that engaging in challenging conversations can result in shared understanding, wisdom, and compassion"-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 153.6 H217 Available 33111010380091
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The definitive guide to learning effective skills for engaging in open and honest conversations about divisive issues from three professional mediators.

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 conflict resolution 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-213) and index.

Conversations evolve -- What we have in common -- An exploration of difference -- Intimacy with identity -- What is true: the importance of "I," "You," and "It" -- Having a clear intention -- Conversation essentials -- Hidden biases -- A history of injury -- Strong emotions in conversation -- Clarifying power -- Talking about social privilege -- Politically correct -- Growing through convict -- Shadow in conversation -- Miraculously resilient -- To atone and forgive -- Becoming wholehearted -- Freedom here and now -- In it together.

"This book explores how to develop better communication skills, particularly at a time when conversations can be highly polarized. Our conversations about diversity or inclusion, about equity and fairness, or about power relationships take place in a historical context of injustice, injury, and pain, which is difficult to navigate. These conversations are made more challenging by the fact that injustice is still very real. In spite of the potential pitfalls and risks, we hope to encourage our readers that engaging in challenging conversations can result in shared understanding, wisdom, and compassion"-- Provided by publisher.

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