The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations with Thomas Moore

Rising Laterally

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where someone came to you with a deep question or concern and you did not have the right words to support them?
In this episode, we feature Thomas Moore, author of “Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations”, to help us become more therapeutically sophisticated and better at counseling one another outside of formal therapy.
As a person who has taught therapeutic methods for decades, Thomas is truly your therapist’s therapist. He speaks, however, with both the professional therapist and the lay person in mind, offering specific approaches we all can use to help one another overcome long-standing wounds and uncover the authentic needs of our souls.
We talk about the universal nature of our complexes, how to become more psychologically attuned at work, and how parents can offer therapy to their children.
By approaching emotional conversations with humility and compassion rather than judgment and presumption, we can all become better friends, family members, and co-workers.
The ideas in this episode can help you genuinely differentiate yourself as you learn how to be kinder, more compassionate, and more empathetic in modern society.
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3:01 Thomas’s formative years of life
4:35 How Thomas’s years as a monk shaped him
8:26 Soulful people aren’t always well-adjusted
10:35 Exploring old wounds instead of trying to erase them
14:01 What it means to be a good listener
16:06 How understanding myths can make us less judgmental
18:00 The importance of therapists remaining humble
21:09 Approaching conversations with the beginner’s mindset
23:38 How to get someone to open up
27:28 Our perspective is built around our subjective filters
32:40 Emotions without a narrative can be disturbing
36:50 What is transference and counter-transference?
44:46 Complexes are the raw material of who we could be
46:45 Finding the opposite side of our beliefs
50:16 Soul therapy in the work place
55:01 What is the responsibility of the parent towards their children?
1:00:54 What is causing the post-lockdown frustration?
1:02:58 Wrap-up
1:03:27 One Final Question
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References:
“Soul Therapy: The Art and Craft of Caring Conversations” by Thomas Moorehttps://amzn.to/2SQiLeT
https://thomasmooresoul.com/meet-thomas/
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