Dr. Saliha Bava and Mark Greene are the authors of The Relational Book for Parenting. Each episode of the Relational Play Podcast will explore a single relational practice, idea, or game designed to grow our capacity to form healthy, authentic personal and professional relationships.

Episode #1 explores listening with curiosity, which invites us to be surprised; to see new sides of others, children or adults. We look to spot the positive emergent threads in conversations with others. In our curiosity, we can intentionally seek to be surprised, saying, "I won't try and predict how you will respond. Instead, I will look to be pleasantly surprised, to discover something new." In this way, we can become participant observers, asking questions, experiencing the moment, not trying to shift things. The implications for how conversations then play out are empowering for all of us.

Learn more about Mark and Saliha's work at ThinkPlay Partners.

Relational Play Podcast: Feelings vs. Emotions

Relational Play Podcast from ThinkPlay PartnersBy Mark Greene and Saliha BavaMar 29, 2020