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The Anxiety of Small Talk: Why Simple Conversations Don’t Always Feel Simple
Reflections
28 minutes
1 week ago
The Anxiety of Small Talk: Why Simple Conversations Don’t Always Feel Simple
For some of us, chatting about the weather or weekend plans comes easily, and for others it’s a source of stress and self-doubt. Why does something as ordinary as small talk spark such big feelings?
Nisreen Abdel-Majid gets to the bottom of small talk psychology.
Arslan Abakarov is a software developer at AMI who grew up in Russia where small talk is never the norm. Elysia Yardley lets us in on her perspectives on communication and connection, as someone who works in Human Resources at AMI, along with her tips navigating chit-chat at work. Dillon Lewchuk, Clinical Counsellor, Art Therapist, and Educator helps us get to the core of small talk, by unpacking the deeper emotional layers behind everyday interactions.
From cultural differences to social anxiety, let's figure out the complexities under surface conversations.
Reflections
Listen in on how we make sense of the world, through conversation and the lens of lived experience, weaving our questions with your stories.
