How to talk to people you disagree with

Occupational therapist Georgia Twigg introduces methods of staying positive and engaged in the face of disagreement, helping you to build skills of resilience and verbal reasoning in moments when you feel like giving into apathy. In collaboration with Keep it Complex, workshop as part of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019 Programme. In episode 5 we'll run through the guided meditation exercise so you can return to this as a resource in its own right. If you’re going to challenge others' beliefs, you need to do this with yourself too. You need to be rigorous with yourself – to investigate your own motives for supporting certain ideas or structures. If we don’t investigate our reasons for our beliefs, we’re in no position to challenge anybody else's.

Occupational therapist Georgia Twigg introduces methods of staying positive and engaged in the face of disagreement, helping you to build skills of resilience and verbal reasoning in moments when you feel like giving into apathy. In collaboration with Keep it Complex, workshop as part of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019 Programme. In episode 4 we're going to look at contexts in which you can use these strategies. Most people have something in mind when they listen to this podcast, and hopefully something relevant to you will come up, or something can transferred to the situation that you have in mind.

Occupational therapist Georgia Twigg introduces methods of staying positive and engaged in the face of disagreement, helping you to build skills of resilience and verbal reasoning in moments when you feel like giving into apathy. In collaboration with Keep it Complex, workshop as part of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019 Programme. In Episode 03 we’re going to be talking about preparation and strategies for before, during and after the conversation. These strategies are about grounding yourself and keeping safe, and they’re all simple everyday tricks you can use in difficult dialogue.

Occupational therapist Georgia Twigg introduces methods of staying positive and engaged in the face of disagreement, helping you to build skills of resilience and verbal reasoning in moments when you feel like giving into apathy. In collaboration with Keep it Complex, workshop as part of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019 Programme. In Episode 02 we're going to cover OARS, which is an acronym for Open ended questions, Affirmations, Reflective listening and Summary statements – all of which are conducive to good dialogue.

Occupational therapist Georgia Twigg introduces methods of staying positive and engaged in the face of disagreement, helping you to build skills of resilience and verbal reasoning in moments when you feel like giving into apathy. In collaboration with Keep it Complex, workshop as part of the Jerwood/FVU Awards 2019 Programme. Episode 01 is going to give you some theory and science about why it is just so damn hard to have conversations with people with a completely different worldview to yourself. We're going to have a look at what happens, for all of us, when somebody asks us to change.