Instead of asking yes / no questions that lead to dead ends,
encourage your conversation partner to share some more detail about his or her life.
Not exact matches
Schultz plans to announce that Starbucks and USA TODAY will jointly publish national inserts called «Race Together,» and launch a digital hub at racetogether.usatoday.com, which will all serve as learning tools and
conversation starters for Starbucks customers,
partners and the nation to
encourage a greater understanding, empathy, and compassion toward one another.
Many married men and women today are looking at text messaging and social media direct messages with a similar sense of false security that
encourages them to participate in emotional and sexual
conversations with co-workers, neighbors, former
partners and even strangers.
During an initial summit, the
partners will use art in the Museum's collection to spark
conversation about the aesthetic, social, and political conditions that either
encourage belonging or propagate exclusion.
Instead, associates now have at least four quality
conversations a year,
encouraging them and
partners to talk regularly, adult to adult, even if it is sometimes just 15 minutes, about how they are doing, how things are going.
Our goal in therapy with couples is to be a third ear in the
conversation and to help
encourage my clients to say the things they need to say to their
partner.
Avoid doing things that
encourage your
partner to withdraw, such as judging your
partner, tackling painful topics when your
partner isn't prepared to discuss them, using
conversations styles that shut your
partner down and behaving in an unkind or disrespectful manner.
Restructuring the bond between
partners using «hold me tight»
conversation where both
partners are
encouraged to talk honestly about their fears and desires.