An unscripted conversation about what happens when “tell me more” doesn’t lead to understanding but instead reveals pain, anger, and the limits of curiosity as well as how that insight can actually calm you.

Ever try to get curious, ask questions, or say statements like “tell me more” and you are met with resistance or even anger? This can then increase your anxiety around conversations.

In this episode we unpack a text message in real time - share our thoughts and insights - and leave you with some key take aways around tone, awareness and efforts in communication.

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Episode 027: 3 Tips on getting curious to transform your anxious conversations to calm

Quick Explanation of the ‘Wise Mind’ (AI)

Wise Mind is a core concept in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) representing the integration of your Emotional Mind (driven by feelings) and your Reasonable Mind (driven by logic and facts) to achieve balanced, intuitive, and effective decisions and actions, acting as a middle path or inner wisdom. It combines emotional awareness with rational thinking, allowing you to respond to situations with both clarity and compassion, leading to healthier choices and a life worth living.

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Difficult conversations about discrimination, inequity, and exclusion often escalate not because of bad intentions, but because they activate deep internal protection systems.

In this episode, we help listeners understand:

• Why defensiveness, silence, or over-explaining show up
• How hidden commitments protect identity at the expense of connection
• How to stay regulated and engaged during high-stakes conversations
• How to build real capacity for equity-centered dialogue over time

In this episode:

• Why “good intentions” aren’t enough in conversations
• The four elements of the Immunity to Change framework
• How hidden commitments drive conflict behaviors
• Practical, interventions that reduce escalation
• Tools for facilitators and leaders navigating group conflict

If you’re navigating difficult conversations around equity and belonging, you’re not failing you’re developing.

Connection grows when we slow down enough to examine what’s happening inside.

Neurodiversity isn’t a trend or a deficit, it’s a fact of human variation.

In this episode, we examine how neurotypical assumptions shape workplaces, families, and relationships and why good intentions alone aren’t enough to create access.

Rather than focusing on how neurodivergent people should adapt, this episode explores what neurotypical people can shift internally and systemically to support real inclusion.

• Why “treating everyone the same” isn’t neutral
• How neurotypical assumptions become invisible rules
• Why accommodations trigger resistance
• How hidden commitments preserve barriers
• How to distinguish fairness from sameness
• How to support difference without lowering standards