A review by kait_unicorn
The Lost Art of Good Conversation: A Mindful Way to Connect with Others and Enrich Everyday Life by Sakyong Mipham

2.0

I started this book thinking it would offer guidance on how to bring Dharmic practice into conversation - how cultivating compassion, for example, can help us to be open to others and engage in communication on a deeper level. Instead it reads like a High School psychology guide on chit chat. This may be intentional, as a way to engage with a larger, non-Buddhist audience. So perhaps I am the wrong target for this book. I found it grating in places, and simplistic to sounding almost patronising in others.