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What are the 3 things to not talk about?

If you're looking to improve the content of your small talk conversations, consider these guidelines. Never Talk about How You Slept. ... Never Talk about Your Health. ... Never Talk about Your Period. ... Never Talk about your Dreams. ... Never Talk about Money. ... Never Talk about your Diet. More items... •

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While no topic is ever off the table during a counseling or life coaching session, there are some topics to avoid when talking with friends, family, acquaintances, colleagues, or random neighbors. Below are “Seven Things Not to Talk about in Normal, non-therapy, Conversation.” Or seven areas to avoid during small talk. This topic was the focus of a recent (and hilarious) episode of This American Life. If you’re looking to improve the content of your small talk conversations, consider these guidelines.

1. Never Talk about How You Slept

Reason: Nobody cares.

2. Never Talk about Your Health

Reason: Nobody cares.

Caveat: If you’re talking to a friend, and it’s something serious, then of course talk about your health. If it’s normal aches and pains, or the run-of-the-mill flu…nobody cares.

3. Never Talk about Your Period

Reason: Nobody cares.

Elaboration: Sarah’s mother, in the This American Life episode, discusses a weekend house guest had this issue, and it became the focus of the entire weekend. She describes that it was all anyone would talk about and ‘people had to run to the store to get the necessary equipment,’ etc.

4. Never Talk about your Dreams

Explanation: Your ambitions and hopes are fine to talk about. This refers to literally what you dreamt while sleeping.

Reason: Dreams make for really bad story telling.

5. Never Talk about Money

Reason: In some circles it’s generally thought of as crass or vulgar. However, this is one topic that when discussed can still be interesting conversation.

6. Never Talk about your Diet

Reason: Nobody cares.

7. Never engage in “Route Talk” (telling how your travel from point A to point B went)

Reason: Nobody cares.

Question and Answer

Question: Can I talk about these 7 things with my family?

Answer: I suppose, if you want to bore your family.

General Conversation Guideline: Before you open your mouth, first ask yourself, “Is what I am about to say interesting to anyone?” On a positive note, here is Ira Glass talking about how to tell a great story:

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8 Ways To Save Your Relationship When It's Falling Apart Don't make any rash decisions. Get brutally honest. Seek therapy. Understand how you're contributing to the problem. Focus on healing yourself. Recognize your partner's pain. Spend some time reflecting on the good. Say "thank you" more often.

This is separate from just recognizing your own contribution to your relationship's troubled waters. This is about recognizing the inner work you have left to do on yourself. "Many people who leave are no happier than they were in the relationship," Paul says. "If you have been making your partner responsible for your feelings and you are blaming your partner for your unhappiness, then it likely isn't time to leave. You have your own inner work to do." Oftentimes, many of the problems that emerge in our lives are directly related to underlying mental or emotional struggles we ourselves have been dealing with all along, Paul says: "If you ignore your feelings, judge yourself, turn to various addictions to numb your feelings, or make your partner responsible for your feelings of worth and safety, then you are rejecting and abandoning yourself, and you have inner work to do to learn to love yourself. People tend to treat us the way we treat ourselves, so focus on how you are treating yourself rather than how your partner is treating you."

During this trying time, you need to love yourself now more than ever. What can you do to manifest more self-love right now?

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