#039 - How to have difficult conversations (the ones you’re avoiding)
Beyond the Self with Africa Brooke
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How to Navigate Conversations in a Different Way
Use I statements instead of you. If the other person is not, then let them speak. Hopefully they will give you that same grace when it's your turn to speak. And if not, then you can put a boundary forward or to just say simply, I haven't finished yet. Can you allow me to finish? You can have a back and forth, whatever that looks like, but interrupting is not useful. Take responsibility for your feelings in conversations because you can't control what the other person says or does, but you can control what you say or do and how you receive that information.
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