As a radio host, Celeste Headlee has engaged in more than her fair share of discussions, and she has thought a lot about ways to bring out the best in a conversational counterpart. One thing she li…
Researchers say the key to breaking the cycle is to detach yourself from the frustrations you feel — without pretending the pain doesn’t exist.
Someone is screaming in your face at the top of their lungs. Or ranting angrily and you can’t get a word in edgewise. Or maybe...
Have you ever participated in what you knew would be a difficult conversation even though you knew it wasn’t a good time? You may have been distracted, in a bad mood, or tired. You went ahead with the conversation and found yourself instantly annoyed, frustrated or hurt. Afterwards did you think of everything you …
You rarely say these things out loud, because if you did, well first, it would be embarrassing. And second, you would never say anything remotely this negative to anyone else. Yet you have this conversation with yourself every day.
An important step for any church seeking to minister to those affected by mental illness is to establish a culture that explicitly grants permission for mental health to be a topic of conversation.
It can be tempting to believe that all it takes to enact change is a heartfelt conversation or two with the right person.
What are some evangelistic spiritual conversation questions that might lead to deep spiritual discussions? Kevin Harney suggests a few in his book.
A three letter word that makes difficult conversations less painful
Sleepless nights can be replaced with one tough conversation. It’s not easy, but it needs to happen.
Do you uphold the Sabbath standard in your fellowship?
From time to time, I have a conversation with someone via email that gets at ideas that I think will be helpful for the broader High Point body. A High Point member recently came to me for advice a…
There are certain phrases that are intended to offer support to a person, who is dealing with a health problem, especially a problem involving the mind or the emotions. I
Image via Big Machine Records Have you ever been in a position where you really wanted to talk to someone about something but the topic of conversation was really awkward / emotional / sensitive and so you put it off for ages hoping that it would somehow be resolved or disappear but, without talking about it, there was obviously going to be no miraculous solution so you had to actually get the courage to bring it up and you were so scared to…
With such large followings, they can really get a productive conversation going.
Kickstarter and nonprofits seems like a dream comes true, right? Just crowdsource funding for your cause. But there are a few catches you should know about.
Rather than writing to you about what YOU need to do to discover your life purpose, I invite you to listen in on an intimate conversation between you & me.