In this episode, Jessica dives deeper into maintaining control of conversations, effective communication techniques, and ensuring mutual understanding in your relationship. Building on the foundation from the previous episode, you’ll learn practical strategies to handle conversations that go sideways, the importance of chunking your communication, and how to confirm that your partner truly understands your perspective.
Key Topics Covered:
- Handling Conversations When They Go Sideways:
- Strategies to gently reclaim the conversation.
- Using ‘I’ statements and acknowledging your partner’s input.
- Example role-play to demonstrate techniques.
- Chunking: Breaking Down Communication:
- Definition and importance of chunking.
- Techniques for effective chunking.
- Real-life examples to illustrate chunked communication.
- Ensuring Mutual Understanding:
- Encouraging paraphrasing, clarifying questions, and empathic responses.
- Example role-play to showcase these techniques in action.
- Additional Tips and Techniques:
- Setting intentions before conversations.
- Using positive language.
- Creating a safe space for dialogue.
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Practice:
Encourage listeners to practice chunking and asking confirming questions in a conversation with their partner this week. This practice will help reinforce the techniques discussed today.
Journal Prompt:
Reflect on a recent conversation. How did chunking and confirming questions change the interaction? What worked well, and what could be improved?
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