What Is Mindful Conversation?

Mindful Conversation is the practice of listening deeply and being more present. We engage our curiosity, weave connections, witness each other non-judgmentally build trust, intimacy, and our capacity for empathy. It is exercising that muscle commonly referred to as an open heart.

Why Is Mindful Conversation Important?

There’s a whole lot of talking happening with not a lot of listening. This is nothing new. But it’s been exacerbated throughout our culture through mass media, social media, marketing and advertising, the political climate, and even our educational system. 

What happens when no one is listening is people start shouting or people disconnect. There is a polarization between aggressive engagement on the one hand and disengagement on the other. The very fabric that weaves us together as a society and as human beings breaks down.

Mindful Conversation breaks the cycle of disconnection and disengagement. It helps people have more meaningful, authentic interactions that reach beneath the surface to find shared connection. Mindful Conversation helps reinvigorate our relationships, reweaving the fabric of our communities.

How Is Mindful Conversation Used?

Culture Shift Agency is implementing the practice of Mindful Conversation across numerous processes and projects.

BreakBread Incubator

BreakBread Incubators build culture anchored in respect, trust, and caring to support collaboration and belonging across organizations. They combine a series of skillfully facilitated conversation experiences with training and support that also hatches new insight and understanding.

BreakBread Activator

BreakBread Activators are inspired conversations grounded in organizational themes that are gently and intentionally facilitated to nurture trust and care connecting participants over the age-old act of breaking bread.

BreakBread World

BreakBread World is a growing global community of people committed to reweaving our common humanity by breaking bread together over active and inspired conversation. 

BreakBread: The American Village Series

BreakBread: The American Village Series is a community practice that plants seeds of respect, trust, and community by inviting participants to explore their individual and collective journeys as Americans from our past, through our present, and beyond into our future.

Culture Shift Conversation Podcast: #shifttheconversation

The Culture Shift Conversation Podcast is a Culture Shift Agency initiative showcasing innovators, artists, thinkers, and activists dedicated to shifting culture in their communities. We offer this platform to help those actively shifting culture engage new and wider audiences as we challenge our audience to think broader, deeper, and to actively question the status quo.

Mindful Conversation Trainings

Culture Shift Agency offers Mindful Conversation Training for organizations and companies to help individuals communicate more effectively and to strengthen the bonds and resilience of the community.