Talk: The Science of Conversation and the Art of Being Ourselves

Rarely does someone’s comment about the light rain outside lead instantly to a deeper discussion of how a person’s relationship with their mother is the key to understanding their life choices. Was she ready to open up about the struggles in their relationship or her own doubts? Worn down by daily worry about their dad, the sisters’ once-close relationship became strained. GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT tone of the underlying relationship: Yeomans, Schweitzer, and Brooks, “Conversational Circumplex.” GO TO NOTE REFERENCE IN TEXT seeking the nearest exit: Alison Wood Brooks and Maurice E.