Weird tennis - the game nobody wins... and few of us actually want to play (S1E6)

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Sometimes when we talk with others it can feel like we're playing the same game... but by different rules.

Have you ever been halfway through a conversation and suddenly realised it’s heading into an argument, and you’re not sure how it got there?

Or suddenly realised that you and the other person have actually been at crossed-purposes - but by that point emotions have risen and it’s hard to back down?

Or perhaps you both think the other one is being unreasonable?

Maybe things start quite innocuously and then it cascades into a something that neither of you seem capable of stopping once it gets its momentum up?

I started to think of these moments as WEIRD TENNIS.

And the podcast today is all about what it is, what it tells us and what steps we can take to call time on the game - or maybe even avoid picking up the racquets entirely.

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