Tool # 16: The Coffee Table of Dialogue
Some conversations make us a little brighter, a little more alive, a little more human.
Tool #15: The Kindergarten of Curiosity
When my son started kindergarten, he was electric with excitement. He spotted a friend from daycare the moment he walked in, and the two of them lit each other up like only five-year-olds can. For his mom and me, it was a beautiful moment. We loved the idea of James...
Tool #13 Grocery Store Divider of Discernment.
Imagine the following scenario: Your neighbour is taking out the garbage. You wave at your neighbour. He doesn’t wave back. Now because you’ve had a hard day, this doesn’t sit right. And in your imagination suddenly he becomes cold, rude, standoffish, or secretly...
TOOL #14: THE CARPOOL KARAOKE OF DISRUPTION
I pick James up from school and we ease into our usual after-school drift. Backpack and trumpet thump into the back seat, he gets in the passenger seat with that end-of-day heaviness, and I point the car toward the pool. I try the standard openers. “How was your...
Tool # 12: The Sandwich of Meeting Basic Needs (Don’t Hargue With Hangry)
Don’t hargue with hangry.
