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Ep.11. Committed 4: How differences affect us (2): How many kisses are necessary?
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English - May 25, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.5 MBChristianity Religion & Spirituality Society & Culture intercultural multi-cultural implicit bias demographic shifts immigration church anti-racism intersectionality Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: Committed 3: Is your 'me' a 'we'? (How differences affect us #1)
Have you noticed? Even greeting each other can be tricky... should we bow [who first?], shake hands, kiss [one cheek or two? How many times?] Often the things we stumble over in our cross-cultural relationships aren't the big things - but the myriad little things. We are expecting one thing to happen, and something altogether different happens - this is hard for our brains. They can start to pull back, or collect resentments over this expectations that are not met.
This episode explores a variety of cultural differences - and then offers a spiritual practice or mental tool called NAIL [Notice / Accept / Inquire / Learn] to help our brains relax and accept the unexpected.
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