False dichotomies are often at the heart of discord.

False dichotomies are often at the heart of discord.

All conversation, in addition to whatever else it does, displays, and asks for recognition of, our competence.

To say that a person feels listened to means a lot more than just their ideas get heard. It's a sign of respect. It makes people feel valued.

It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.

We tend to look through language and not realize how much power language has

In an ongoing relationship, each current criticism packs the punches of all the others that have gone before.