We are shaped by the languages we speak and we shape the languages we use - an on-going circled process. In this episode I share a simple "trick" to dissociate yourself a little bit away from the words you use in an emotionally charged situation – in order to introduce more control and agency over how you feel.

Excited to share concepts like "language linearity" and "contextual-based languages". I also talk about other forms of communication available to us to express how we feel and how we can still use words as an imperfect tool of self-expression.

//Recorded in: San Marcos village near Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Timestamps:
(00:00) Introduction(02:56) E-prime language(03:57) Contextual based languages(05:05) Why it's impossible to interrupt a Dutch (or German) speaker(08:30) You're different in every language you speak(10:22) Linear vs non-linear languages(11:23) Non-verbal communication vs verbal(13:03) Neurodivergence, looking in the eye and communication(14:20) Language is an (unreliable) tool(15:45) Feeling-based communication

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