How to change the circle of communication? We discuss in the podcast "Who would say"
Miscellaneous / / April 03, 2023
If you waste energy on unpleasant contacts, there will be no energy left for something more meaningful.
In each episode of the new season of the Who Would Talk podcast, hosts Mikhail Volnykh and Daria Bakina read out real stories and questions from the audience about what worries them, and together with experts they discuss how to overcome difficulties and get out of the current situations.
In this issue, the presenters, together with psychologist Elena Kotova, deal with issues related to the social circle. How to tell a person that a relationship with him no longer brings joy or benefit? How do you behave when your friendship is suddenly cut off? Is it okay if you want to change your circle of friends because the time spent with someone seems to be wasted?
Lena, Misha and Dasha will answer these questions and tell you which of them ended their friendship after the punk concert, who avoids specific people during meetings with a common group of friends and how to get rid of an annoying school friend with intercom.
01:30 - the presenters read the listener's letter and talk about their attitude to the topic of the release.
08:36 Which way to stop communicating with a person is less traumatic: disappear silently or be straight forward.
11:18 - why there is a feeling of guilt if there is no desire to continue communication with someone from the past.
16:13 - what to do when close friends or just acquaintances say: "We can no longer communicate."
21:25 - how to understand that another person is no longer interested in communicating with you.
24:18 — team building: a useful practice or an unnecessary attempt to impose friendship between colleagues?
If something is bothering you, you do not know what to do, and you cannot cope with the problem on your own, send your stories to telegram bot Lifehacker podcasts - we will look for a solution together.
More interesting topics - in previous issues «Look who's Talking». Subscribe to the podcast and listen to it wherever it is convenient: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, «Yandex Music», «In contact with», «Sound», cast box And sound stream.
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