Author Archives: thepowerofdialogue

As part of the WAMCF Interfaith team, I helped to organize a ‘Living Library’ event for the Windsor & Maidenhead Interfaith Group. There are nine diffrent faiths/belief in the group:  Baháʼí, Brahma Kumaris, Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Humanism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism. A ‘Living Library’ is a brilliant way to challenge prejudice and discrimination. It worksContinue reading “‘Living Library’”

The art of Living is a book by Frank Tallis in which he provides an overview of the history of psychotherapy. He explains the following: ‘Joining an online support group can be comforting but even the most sympathetic internet chat rooms cannot compete with the power of eye contact, a familiar voice, responsive body languageContinue reading “Why face-to-face is so vital”

By Emili Gregory June 9, 2021.  Emily is the VP of product development at VitalSmarts Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, many of us have discovered a new world (and yet another acronym) in WFH—work from home. Depending on your point of view, the WFH world has turned out good in some ways and bad inContinue reading “How working remotely is destroying dialogue”

The Buddhist leader, the Dalai Lama, has said that, ‘My religion is kindness’. I practice a different type of Buddhism within the Soka Gakkai International. It’s based on the teachings of Nichiren Daishonin. I would encapsulate its spirit in a similar way, ‘It is the heart that is important’. From a practical point of view, we exerciseContinue reading “Sincere encouragement”

One of my greatest joys is watching a group experiencing dialogue for the first time. To most people ‘Dialogue’ is just conversation. But it is so much more. It is actively building respect with another person. Listening without judging and sharing sincerely what is in our hearts. As such, people are often connecting at aContinue reading “The Value of Dialogue”