🎙️ The Skills You Need for “Impossible” Conversations

. 👉 What if the very people you’ve written off as “the other side” are the key to healing the deepest divides in your life, and your country?

Episode Summary: When was the last time you really listened to someone who fundamentally disagrees with you? Not to debate. Not to win. But to actually understand.

In Part 2 of my powerful and enlightening conversation with Simon Greer, founder of Bridging the Gap and one of the most courageous voices in conflict transformation, we move beyond theory into practice. 

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This isn’t about “being nice.” It’s about reclaiming our humanity, one conversation at a time.

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Simon shares the five core skills that can turn the conversations you dread into the conversations that change everything:

• 🥊 Strong Back, Soft Front: How to stand in your truth without being rigid or reactive.

• 👂 The Listening Shift: Why the art of an open-ended question can melt decades of division.

• 📝 Storytelling for Connection: How sharing your own truth (not just “facts”) can pierce walls facts never will.

• 🔄 Feedback That Opens Doors: How to disagree without burning the bridge you need to cross.

• ⚖️ Power Reimagined: Why real power in dialogue isn’t about who’s louder—it’s about who’s willing.

. Along the way, you’ll hear Simon recount: .✅ Sitting down with Glenn Beck after a very public conflict, and what happened when he decided to show up with “a strong back and a soft front.” ✅ What mass shooter drills, deer hunting, and gun rights reveal about America’s most profound cultural fissures. ✅ Why “platforming” those we disagree with isn’t a weakness, it’s the only way forward.

This episode is a masterclass for any leader, parent, partner, or citizen who’s tired of screaming matches and silent withdrawals, and is ready to step into courageous conversations that could literally change the future.

Why Listen: Because staying in your bubble feels safe, but it’s costing us everything.

Simon Greer’s Work: Founder of Bridging the Gap | Senior Advisor to One Voice United | Social Healing Pioneer LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-greer-5b8549b2/

✅ If you’re serious about transforming conflict into connection—start by listening all the way to the end.

If this episode hits you where you live (and it will), share it with one person you’ve been avoiding having “the conversation” with. And leave us a review—because that’s how this show sparks the kind of dialogue the world is desperate for.

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