Habits of a Peacemaker 10 Habits to Change Our Potentially Toxic Conversations into Healthy Dialogues

Steven T. Collis, Traber Burns

eAudio - 2024

Learn the practical skills that can help you build bridges, heal relationships, and engage in productive conversation about even the hardest topics. Imagine turning what could be a contentious conversation with a family member, a friend, or a coworker into a fruitful exchange that enlightens everyone's minds and inches both of you toward a solution. Steven T. Collis, one of the world's leading experts on civil discourse, reveals ten practical habits that can help you navigate the potential minefields of hard topics and leave you and those you converse with feeling thoughtful and productive. Most people have experienced the slippery slope of dialogue that descends into polarized argument. We yell at each other. We gaslight. We twis...t one another's words and meanings. We embrace facts that support our conclusions and ignore those that don't. Or we sit in silence, afraid to discuss anything of substance. If how you treat others matters to you, this book offers... more