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Learning Conversation

Oct 16, 2023

5 min

Today's word is:  Orange

Color or fruit. Double espresso's and Pierre's got hop at the buzzer + one.

Learning Practice features a 3-minute conversation about a single word.  Unrehearsed, without forethought of the word to be discussed, we practice the art of Learning Conversation.  

If you want to practice with us...


Oct 16, 2023

15 min

What does it mean to be fit?

How do you stay fit?  If you want to be fitter, how do you do that?What motivates you? 

Maureen found a gym that has been motivating her towards building strength and getting fitter.  There are many elements in it and Pierre is curious.

Maureen begins to explain Crossfit to Pierre,...


Oct 10, 2023

21 min

Jon Kabat- Zinn is today’s resource.  

Kabat-Zinn is a professor emeritus of the University of Massachusetts Medical School.  He received a Ph.D. in molecular biology for MIT in 1971. He is one of the earlier people in the health field to recognize the adverse effects of stress on health.  

His book Full...


Oct 3, 2023

5 min

Today's word is:  message.

Learning Practice features a 3-minute conversation about a single word.  Unrehearsed, without forethought of the word to be discussed, we practice the art of Learning Conversation.  

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Oct 3, 2023

15 min

Today's Learning Conversation is about the death of conversation.

Maureen and Pierre share thoughts on the value and importance of conversation for health and wellness in a democracy . 

The Death of Conversation is also the title of a podcast between Coleman Hughes and Jonathan Haidt which is resourced in...