#69: A Mental Health Counselor on Psychology in Debate (with Robin Atkins)
Equipped for Life Podcast
Afar - June 17, 2021 16:25 - 1 hour - 86.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsPolitics News Society & Culture Philosophy abortion debate dialogue equalrightsinstitute eri joshbrahm prolife rachelcrawford Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Robin Atkins is back to discuss psychology in debate. Robin is a licensed mental health counselor, specializing in reproductive issues. She also has a philosophy degree. She spent four years doing home-based therapy with the Department of Children's Services. She's a pro-life advocate with an atypical perspective on some of the issues surrounding abortion.
Related Links:
Listen to our first episode with Robin, on adoption vs. foster care vs. abortion
Dialogue Tip: Tell Them That They Can’t Offend You
We referenced our mutual friend Petra Wallenmeyer who is now a writing intern at ERI, as well as the Content Director for the Human Defense Initiative. Read her articles here.
Our first Humor in Dialogue podcast
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Charisma on Command YouTube channel
Brant Hanson's book, "Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better"
Disclosure: The book above is an Amazon affiliate link. This means that, at zero cost to you, ERI will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
02:00 Defining communication
03:44 Navigating debates, in-person and online
05:53 Clarifying the labels "speaker" vs "listener"
08:25 How do you help someone who is constantly offended by the other side?
13:36 Ideology-driven vs. topic-driven debate
17:31 How do you get past people's defenses?
20:03 Should our primary goal be to change minds?
24:49 Timing and empathy matters
26:27 On anecdotal evidence and miscarriage
31:54 On benevolent trolling and the use of snark
43:31 When is it time to end an unproductive conversation?
47:25 If self-awareness is important, how can people who aren't self-aware discover and work on that?
49:11 Why is civil discourse so low right now, and what can do we about that?
59:27 What is it you'd like people to take from the "Unoffendable" book?