Unhurried Conversation Online

Held online on the 2nd Monday of each month at 09.00 UK time.

In an Unhurried Conversation, we use a simple process: when one person speaks, everyone else listens, so the speaker is not interrupted. Sometimes there are long pauses between speakers, sometimes not.

The conversations often move between light topics and more personal and profound ones. And in the end, we often find that all these are connected.

When people know they aren’t going to be interrupted, they worry less and express themselves more clearly. Also, when people really feel listened to, it seems to increase their focus and the sense that their speech has meaning. They can slow down, and they tend not to repeat themselves. Unhurried conversations are rich and complex, with much less of the battling for attention we often experience.