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How to adapt to different speaking situations
How to engage with an audience
How to use body language effectively
How you can stay social
Instead of triggering more anxiety by rehashing your quarantine situations, think about what you can do to make your friends feel good and how to be there for them from a distance.
Tell them they matter to you and that you miss them. Then keep the conversation focused on things that make you both feel good.
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Exhausting icebreakers
Now with our social life in quarantine, calling a friend on a whim feels normal.
“How are you holding up?” Or, “How is quarantine treating you?” Or, “You guys ready to kill each other yet?”
These are very reasonably icebreakers right now, but also exhausting because none of u...
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Concerning life and relationships
- What’s your first memory of me?
- What’s your favorite memory of us together?
- How did you meet your best friend or other best friends?
- What’s an uncommon belief you hold?
- What’s something you’d like to learn more about?
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Concerning emotional support
- What can I do to support you right now?
- What is making you feel better?
- When you think about next year, what makes you the most excited?
- When have you felt the most supported in the past week or so?
- When have you felt most h...
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Conversation suggestions
- What’s something that made you smile or laugh this week?
- What was the highlight of your day or week?
- What have you been watching recently?
- Have you read any good books or articles?
- What’s your favorite podcast right now? ...
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Comments that can help
- I love you.
- I miss you.
- We’ll get through this together.
- I’m here for you.
- I was thinking about you recently when I saw/read…
- I’d love to tell you about my day.
- I’m grateful to be able to talk...
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How you can apply it
- See the bright side in every situation. Seek out the positive, and even the comical, in your everyday life.
- Have a good laugh as often as you can.
- Take a step back: in difficult situations, realize that all is temporary....
Stay on Topic
If they manage to throw you off with a really good point, try to stay on topic as best you can.
Going off-topic can destroy your credibility, make you look defensive, and start new arguments. Stay focused on the current subject and keep your emotions out of it.
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