Sentences with phrase «of painful conversations»

Munro revealed last week that she had a series of painful conversations with the late MP about the consequences of his drinking.

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Stix sat down for long, sometimes painful conversations with members of his leadership team to identify problems that hindered effective communication and collaboration.

Be compassionate «Experience tells us that these kinds of conversations often lead to [strained] working relationships, which can be painful,» says Manzoni.

Mr. Johnson apologized on behalf of Starbucks, and the conversation continues today about how this painful incident can become a vehicle for positive social change.

In my last conversation with Karl Barth, in 1961 — a conversation that was for both of us in some ways painful — I asked him what he expected of his former students, seeing that he was so dissatisfied with what I was then doing (i.e., developing what was to be The Secular Meaning of...

Here's a few Mormon factoids (dem darn facts is really painful) 1) J. Smith was a convicted con - artist on numerous times (non-post Mormon cult creation) 2) He said God is 6» 2» living on the planet Kalob on the other side of the galaxy (at the time the extent of The Universe was believed to be the Milky Way Galaxy — and oh, how convienient it could not be proven otherwise at the time) 3) Science proved since E. Hubble there are billions of galaxies (did Smith's personal conversations with Jesus and God limit to a narrow Universe?)

I've been so irked over the mostly negative responses to the Time article — trying to appreciate any publicity of breastfeeding as helping it to be more normalized in mainstream — but really just feeling like I have to ignore most of the conversation as the judgement and ignorant fodder is honestly painful!

The painful screams of a patient from the ward interrupted the conversation.

Conversation was completely painful, and I realised one of the issues was that he wasn't actually asking me any questions.

If you set the tone and the pace of the conversation and stick to it, talking about your dating past will be a productive, shared experience instead of a painful chore.

If you think just having a few drinks won't provide the date with enough entertainment or if you are afraid the conversation might dry up, awkward silences can of course feel very painful!

There was also plenty of conversation about a scene where Reynolds» Wade Wilson is «pegged» (penetrated with a strap - on by his scene partner Morena Baccarin) but «the scene was played as a joke and as a painful moment that Wade himself was not actually wanting to engage in other than as a favor to his lover.»

Pixar head John Lasseter has taken a leave of absence as a result of his past «missteps» and «painful» conversations.

Sing, Unburied, Sing: by Jesmyn Ward Conversation StartersIn «Sing, Unburied, Sing», readers are introduced to an archetypal road novel that transcends the familiar bounds of the genre, exploring a heartfelt and at times painful story of family bonds.

Through 10 conversations, we learn the painful background story of the unnamed narrator, an author heading to Greece to teach a summer writing course.

There, through conversations with aging relatives, he imaginatively recreates his childhood, his Dutch - Ceylonese family history and the painful marriage of his parents — all set against the drug - like heat of the luxurious countryside.

It says from a conversation ecology perspective we need to remove cats by any means necessary, but the next sentence says, «But such a solution is hardly practical given the legions of cats roaming the land — as many as 100 million unowned animals, plus 50 million owned cats that roam — and the painful question of what to do with the cats even if they could be captured.»

It's painful to find myself the odd - man - out in a conversation about video games, blindly stumbling around the outsides of the group as they talk clear strategies and CoD jargon while I ask if anyone else has 242 stars in Super Mario Galaxy 2.

I wanted to address his role within that history, but I thought his writings on the death of his mother were as beautifully written and as important to the meaning of his work as his long description of a conversation with John Cage, I knew his remembrances of the painful experience of immigration deepened one's understanding of his landmark 1950 essay, «The Wandering Soutine.»

Understanding what lies beneath it will help you to end what has likely felt like an endlessly mystifying and increasingly painful and negative series of conversations.

But regardless how poor the styling of your listing is, having an honest conversation about it with the seller may be less painful in the end than a lower sales price or a home that lingers on the market.

Take, for example, that most painful of numbers: If you're a home seller, that would be a cut to your asking price, a topic that probably sparked a fair number of uncomfortable conversations between real estate agents and homeowners last year.