When friends no longer share the same beliefs – politics, faith, or opinions – should you cut ties, or try to maintain the friendship? Our music is licensed with Soundstripe:Easy Going Today - Mark HuberBack to Save the Universe, Coarse Grain - glasseyesOur Memories - AEROPLANESLuster - Moments  

It's a near-universal experience: being very close to someone, talking easily ... and then over time, you're no longer the same people, and conversation feels forced, inauthentic, or isn't happening at all. So how do we think about these friendships?Email us at [email protected]. Music licensed from Soundstripe:Easy Going Today by Markus HuberEdison by Wild WonderKindness Follows by Birds of Norway 

We are always sharing conversation-starting questions, but how do you use them without feeling completely awkward? In this episode we get VERY practical and share all our tips.

In this episode, we discuss how knowing yourself and developing your personal style of conversation is way better than comparing to others. And we don't have it all figured out either – we are constantly repeating this process, because confidence is a slippery thing to hold on to when life keeps changing.

What surrounds your conversation? There are your individual circumstances, your cultures, and the literal location where the conversation takes place. We discuss these ideas and wrap up our explanation of Rule #2, "Consider Your Context."

How are you at reading a room? If following Rule #1 will save you from boring conversations, Rule #2 will save you from the disastrous ones! Oh we have plenty of experience getting this one wrong, but we're working on it. Give us your wisdom on our Instagram, @theconversationstarters, and join us next week for Part 2. 

In this episode, we introduce our Three Rules of Good Conversation and dive into the first: "Find what fascinates you." The goal is genuine questions that automatically change the mood of the interaction. 

We all have situations where conversation is a struggle. (Especially during a pandemic.) Our goal is to take the worst situations and the missed opportunities, and find solutions. In this episode we introduce ourselves and our podcast: The Conversation Starters.