The Six Conversations

Pathways to Connecting in an Age of Isolation and Incivility

By: Heather Holleman

Narrated by: Joy Vandervort Cobb

Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins

Publisher's summary

It’s time for a conversation revival!

Conversation is getting harder. We’re feeling more isolated. Loneliness is becoming an epidemic. The Six Conversations: Pathways to Connecting Again in an Age of Isolation and Incivility reflects one of the deepest passions of Dr. Heather Holleman’s heart: to connect people in loving community. Professor Holleman often fields questions like:

How can I foster meaningful connection with others?

Why doesn’t anyone ever ask meaningful questions?

If my personal happiness depends upon having warm relationships—like all the research shows—how can I become a better conversationalist and create connection?

Can you relate? Are you longing for loving, meaningful, and joyful conversations? For practical skills to connect with others? Heather invites us to reimagine better conversations. Her work demonstrates how we can develop authentic community by changing our relational mindsets to become more curious, to believe the best about others, to express concern about their lives, and to share our own. Heather shows us how to embrace the Four Mindsets of a Loving Conversation and the Three Fresh Goals for Conversation. Using the latest research, she shares the foundational training necessary for engaging in truly loving conversations. Listeners will be equipped with effective questions, self-assessments, and action steps to immediately implement in any situation—both personally and professionally.

If you desire deeper relationships with your spouse, dating partner, children, friends, in-laws, grandchildren, coworkers, clients, students, people in your neighborhood—or all the above—then listen to this book and grow in the art of The Six Conversations!

©2022 Heather Holleman (P)2022 Heather Holleman

Useful conversational Strategies

I loved listening to these conversational tips and strategies from when I first heard about them on In The Market. I am already sharing this information with friends and professional colleagues. Think about putting them on color-coded index cards. Can’t wait to try them out and will have a chance tomorrow at an interview!

Fabulous!!!

Katherine give us so ways to ask questions of people we want to have a conversation with. Being curious and as digging for a treasure they have inside them that you can unearth!!

Timely and Empowering Wisdom

The art of conversation has been crippled in this technological age. The Six Conversations not only equips with the hows of connecting conversations, but also with the oh so important WHY. We just led a group of young adults through the reading of this book, and we all have been so encouraged and empowered! Thank you, Heather, for this very important resource that will continually encourage its readers!

Practical application

Spiritual perspective- well researched she brought her years of teaching perspective to light in the content

Soul gripping

Very practical & meaningful ideas to consider in conversation. I couldn't stop listening. Thank you Heather!

Art of conversation with a religious bent

Very thought provoking and interesting dissection of what makes a great conversation/conversationalist. Lots of tips on taking interest in others and how to show love through curiosity. I found the evangelizing and persistent scripture references tedious, but should have expected such from this publisher.

Perfect timing.

Our society needs this now! Through all the advances in communications we’ve made, we’ve forgotten how to talk with each other! This book is down to earth and very practical for anyone at any level. Thank you so much for writing it!

This book could heal our society!

Heather has delineated and illustrated the art of conversation so clearly! Joy’s reading of the book was soothing to hear. They are a great team!

Life Changing Information

This book is easy to listen to as well as life changing information. While I would always like to hear Heather Holleman, Joy Vandervort Cobb is easy to listen to as well.

Incredibly helpful

This book is a wholistic guide to better conversation. Conversation is about learning to love well and becoming an expert at caring. This book gives practical, motivational, and cognitive tools towards that end.