04.05.2022 - By Everything Happens Studios
Our culture seems convinced that going off-script is unbecoming. Instead, we are rewarded for being buttoned up, perfect (or at least appearing to be), and never ever no-matter-what admit weakness. But… don’t we need each other, especially when facing the most difficult moments? Author and Death, Sex, and Money podcast host Anna Sale leans into every hard conversation no matter how difficult the topic. In this conversation, Kate and Anna discuss how conversations might engender the intimacy we need to get by, fostering the right interpersonal and listening skills it takes to approach a difficult topic (especially when you’re feeling nervous), best practices for responding to someone’s hard news, and how learning to listen might bridge differences of all kinds. What do we lose when we don’t talk about hard things? And what might we gain if we do?