Jefferson Fisher: Communication That Changes Us

About this episode

Miles Adcox and Jefferson Fisher discuss the complexities of communication and personal growth through real-life experiences.

Stuck in the same emotional patterns? Onsite's LivingCentered Program is a five-day intensive that helps you slow down, go deeper, and do the inner work that changes things. Learn more at ⁠ https://hubs.la/Q04dV_Xl0 Have you ever taught others how to communicate, but still lost it in your own kitchen? What if the best communicators in the world are still works in progress, and that's exactly the point? Jefferson Fisher is a board-certified trial attorney, NY Times bestselling author of The Next Conversation , and one of themost-followed voices on communication online. Behind the millions of views is a husband, a dad, and a fifth-generation attorney from small-town Texas still figuring it out in real time. In this conversation, Miles and Jefferson get into the real stuff — a flooded house, a morning fight, imposter syndrome, and why even the best communicators still have to earn their reps every day. Jefferson opens up about the moment being a public-facing person started changing his everyday life, why going to extremes in arguments almost never works, and the phrase his wife came up with mid-argument that changed how he sees conflict. Miles shares a raw moment from his kitchen…

People in this episode

Host: Miles Adcox

Guest: Jefferson Fisher

Topics covered

• communication
• emotional patterns
• conflict resolution
• personal growth
• relationships

Keywords

• communication
• emotional patterns
• conflict
• personal growth
• relationships
• imposter syndrome
• hard conversations

Sponsors

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Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Onsite

Books & works: The Next Conversation

Places: Texas

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