Mar 27, 2023
20 min
After beginning with disclosures about their espresso fixations, Maureen and Pierre jump into a reflection on conversation.
Going beyond reflections about their podcasting, this reflection considers the nature of conversation itself - balancing speaking and listening. The art of conversation.
Elevating curiosity, holding space to listen and consider other people’s ideas, Maureen brilliantly explains the negotiation of social meaning through dialogue. The process of making, confirming, changing, and passing on culture - norms, values, processes. The process of building relationships that in effect underly culture and functioning social interactions.
Explore dialogue as a key component of human beingness. The ability to regulate one’s nervous system to effectively engage in dialogue is critical to highly functioning societies.
And not just functioning societies, but functioning personal relationships. Maureen points out that mental health counseling is often about being there for people who don’t feel heard - can’t have a conversation with their partner or their parents.
Both Maureen and Pierre reflect on different kinds of conversation through family and cultural lenses. For instance, how is conversation in Pierre’s Italian family (Tucci) different from other conversations? How must people regulate around different cultural norms for conversation?
Check out this podcast and consider the utility and importance of effective conversation, especially considering conversational dissonance and disfunction in America today.
A meandering podcast reflecting on the meandering and often messy, but valuable nature of holding understanding space in conversation.
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