INDEX
- accent 18
- acceptance of uncertainty 117
- active dreaming 149–50
- adversarial interviews 17
- agendas 22, 152
- presupposition 34
- Aikido 66–7, 68, 162
- alertness 64–7
- ambiguous language 26
- Anassian, Armen 136
- anecdotes 18
- anger 34
- anxiety 78
- appeasement 31–4
- Apprentice, The 8
- Archimedes 129, 130
- Arrau, Claudio 118, 181
- artificial intelligence 45
- 'as if', acting 147
- attention45, 96–102
- auditions, blind 99
- authenticity 38
- awareness 152
- awe 75
- awkwardness 38
- Bach family 136
- balance, finding 84
- Barks, Coleman 94, 181
- Two Kinds of Intelligence 44
- Bebbington, Amy 72
- Beckes, Lane 123, 181
- Beethoven, Ludwig Van 129, 130, 136, 181
- being happy to not‐know 114–18
- being in the now 91–2, 102
- being in the space 162–3
- being 'nice' 23
- Big Brother 8
- Blair, Tony 27
- Blake, William 59, 75, 181
- blurting, art of 145
- body language 22, 32, 40
- body wisdom 87
- bonhomie 15
- Bowden, E. M. 130, 181
- brain see left‐brain; left hemisphere; right‐brain; right hemisphere
- Brand, Russell 17
- Brando, Marlon 58
- breathing 22, 68–9
- Brennan, Barbara 182
- Hands of Light 157
- Briggs, Karen 136
- Brown, Brene 123, 182
- buffoonery 31, 63
- bullying 175
- calculation 19–20
- Cambridge, Duchess of 7
- Canon 138
- Cardiff Singer of the World 41
- Carey, Mariah 58, 182
- Carey, Peter 164, 182
- Casals, Pablo 58, 137, 182
- catalyst 165
- centre of gravity 85
- change, creating 176–8
- charisma 31
- Charles, Prince 9
- Choir, The 123
- Chopin, Kate 182
- Awakening 23
- Chopra, Deepak 116
- Chuang‐Tzu 167, 182
- Churchill, Sir Winston 19, 182
- Coan, James A. 123, 181
- codes of communication 23
- cognitive abilities 40
- Cohen, Leonard 129, 182
- coincidence 142
- collaborative dramatic improvisation 136
- comedians 59
- communication 163–71
- art of, definition 3–6
- competition 28–31
- compulsion 63
- confidence 27, 118
- confusion 38, 114
- and creativity 115
- connection 120, 170–1
- to self and others 151
- Connolly, Billy 9
- consciousness 148, 149
- content 40
- with uncertainty 115
- context, right brain and 164
- control 7, 152
- definition of 16–18
- control agendas 20–34
- control method 18
- control rules 14–20
- conversational debate 177
- conversational skills, conventional 18–19
- Cooke, Peter 9
- creative conversation 134–41, 148
- creative ideas 129
- creative instinct 132
- creative intuition 152
- creativity 20, 37
- credit 26
- criticism 152
- Crown, The 95
- Cumberbatch, Benedict 7
- cummings, e e 58, 59, 182
- Curie, Marie 133
- curiosity 28, 102–4, 135–40
- dancing in the moment 95–6
- data listening 106
- de Bono, Edward 129
- Dead Ringers 27
- debate 18, 23, 30
- deference 26, 30
- Degas, Edgar 115, 182
- delight 135–40
- DeLozier, Judith 149–50, 182
- Dench, Judi 49, 137, 182
- Desplat, Dr Juliette 183
- detachment from past and future 92–6
- dialogue 177
- Dickens, Charles: Oliver Twist 53
- disappointment 25
- doubt 115
- driving 111–12
- earthquake, Japan (2011) 144
- ego 148–50
- egotistical energy 62–4
- Einstein, Albert 49, 59, 115, 129, 130, 179, 183
- either/or attitude 118
- Ekaku, Hakuin 149
- emotional intelligence 41
- emotions 25
- empathy 143
- true 158–61
- encouragement 173
- energising youself 74–5
- energy, life 57–67
- enjoyment 119–20
- enso, Japanese 139
- equality, perennial talk of 25
- Erickson, Milton 140
- expert role 24
- Facebook 7
- facial expression 40
- right‐ brain and 164
- fake news 7
- fear 15, 34–8, 114
- speaking through 125–6
- Feldenkrais, Moshé 86
- Feldenkrais Method 86
- Ferrer, Emilio 156, 183
- Feynman, Richard 115, 183
- filtering 21, 22
- financial crash 46
- flow 119
- fluency 40
- fly‐on‐the‐wall documentaries 8
- forensic attention 96
- formality, strict 23
- Foy, Claire 95, 183
- frisson of connection 4–5
- Fun Theory, The 73, 183
- Gallwey, Tim 31, 36, 183
- 'galumphing' 73–4
- Geim, Andre 136
- Gelb, Michael J. 115, 183
- gesture 41
- right‐brain and 164
- Gilligan, Stephen 153, 183
- Gladwell, Malcolm 183
- Outliers 26
- Gorbachev, Mikhail 155, 169, 184
- gossiping 23
- grace in spontaneous movement 85–6
- Graham, Martha 60, 184
- grammar 40
- graphene 136
- Great British Bake Off, The 8
- Green, Charlotte 9
- group norm 23
- Ha Energy Breathing 70–1
- habits 21
- habitual responses 21, 177
- Hafez 75
- haiku, Japanese 135
- Hakuin Ekaku 184
- half‐heartedness 114
- hearing 99, 153–7
- Hemingway, Ernest 93
- hemispheres of the brain 12
- Heraclitus 101
- Herrigel, Eugen 184
- holding back 116–17
- honest 38
- Hopkins, Gerard Manley 184
- humour 27, 29
- right‐ brain and 164
- Hymn of Creation 59
- ideas 40, 129
- I'm a Celebrity 8
- imagination and creativity 127–8
- improvisation 136, 137, 140
- in the moment 93, 95
- inference, right brain and 164
- inflection 18, 164
- inkjet printer 138
- inner conflict 37–8
- inspiration in conversation 131–2
- instinct to defend 28
- intellect 40
- intention, right‐brain and 164
- interpersonal neurobiology 178
- interpersonal skills 175
- interviews 15
- intuition 37, 129, 141–50
- Ionascu, Louise 70
- IRA 53
- irony, right‐brain and 164
- Lamont, Tom 95
- language 40
- ambiguous 26
- Lascaux cave paintings, France 139
- lateral thinking 129
- laughter 20
- law of unintended consequences 53–4
- left‐brain 49, 100, 122, 179
- left hemisphere 46–7, 170
- Lehmann, Lilli 185
- How to Sing 166
- letting go 77–89
- physically 78–80
- life energy 57–67
- access through the body 60–2
- life force 62, 63
- in sport 110–11
- Linklater, Kristin 185
- Freeing the Natural Voice 83
- listening, deep 104–7
- looking good 22–8
- Love 171–6
- Love Island 8
- loving kindness 171
- Mana, Hawaiian 67
- Mack, Lee 59
- Malone, Gareth 123, 185
- Mandela, Nelson 119
- manic energy 62–4
- Manley Hopkins, Gerald 60
- Mantel, Hilary 7
- Markham, Edwin 185
- Outwitted 170
- martial arts 66–7, 68, 94, 162
- masks 22, 24
- Matisse, Henri 133, 185
- Jazz 134
- McGilchrist, Iain 48, 107, 185
- Master and His Emissary, The 45
- McIntire, Michael 9
- meaning, right‐brain and 164
- Mendeleev, Dmitri 133
- Mendes, Sam 49
- metaphor, right‐brain and 164
- Michelangelo 165
- Milligan, Spike 59
- Milne, A. A. 185
- mindfulness 104
- mirroring 40
- moaning 23
- Moore, Dudley 9
- morale 25
- Morgan, Henry 146, 185
- movement
- Murray, Andy 86
- music mastery 124–5
- Paller, Ken 131, 186
- paradox 116, 164
- parental choice 53
- Parks, Tim 24, 186
- party lines 17
- Pelé 75
- perfection, striving for 37
- Periodic Table 133
- personal advancement 30
- Pert, Candace 68, 186
- physical relaxation 80
- physical tension 38
- Piaf, Edith 83
- Piano Staircase 73
- pity 158
- ‘playing by the rules’ in social discourse 22–4
- pleasing 31–4
- pleasure, recurring 173
- politeness 21, 23
- politicians 17
- post‐it notes 131
- posture 22, 23, 40, 84
- prana, Indian 67
- preparation, thorough 17, 18
- presence 93
- presentations 15
- presupposition agendas 34
- pretending 146
- professional role 24
- Proust, Marcel 101
- Pullman, Philip 133, 186
- radicalisation 178
- rapport 40
- rational intelligence 12
- rationality 16
- reality television programmes 8
- Reich, Wilhelm 38, 130, 186
- relaxation 64–7, 121
- Rembrandt: The Night Watchman 98
- repartee, competitive 23
- reputation 26
- resentment 34
- resilience 173
- resonant energy 63
- respect 119
- Rig Veda 59
- right‐brain 41, 49, 100, 164, 179
- right hemisphere 47–8, 170
- Robson, Laura 110
- rules of conversation 5
- Rumi, Jalāl ad‐Dīn Muhammad 2, 14, 40, 43, 57, 63, 91, 94, 109, 115, 127, 130, 135, 151, 156, 165, 186
- sadness 25
- Sawubona (Zulu greeting) 152
- schadenfreudian pleasure 158
- Scharmer, Otto 176, 186
- Schiller, Friedrich 134
- science, mistakes in 138
- Scott Peck, M. 186
- Road Less Travelled, The 160–1
- scripted interviews 17
- scripted speech 7
- sculptors 139
- seeing
- self‐care 159–60
- self‐compassion 159–60
- self‐consciousness 15, 35–6, 42, 119, 148, 149, 152, 159
- self‐criticism 119, 159
- self‐defence 28
- self‐esteem, lack of 15
- self‐image, defending 27–8
- selfishness 33
- senses 103
- sentences, flow of 18
- serendipities 136, 137, 142, 168
- coincidences and 146
- Shakespeare, William 72
- Shaw, George Bernard 178
- Siegel, Daniel 178, 186
- Mindful Therapist, The 157
- silence 165–8
- Silver, Spencer 131
- sky‐gazing 78
- social constraints 151
- social convention 21
- social media 15
- socialising 23
- sound bites 7, 17
- speeches 15
- Sperry, Roger 48, 187
- spin 7, 17
- split‐brain patients 46, 47, 48
- spontaneity 20, 31, 37, 38
- standing 26
- status 29, 30–1
- stillness 165–8
- stock answers 17
- stock emotions 17
- stories 40
- Stradivari, Antonio 139
- stress 38
- Strictly Come Dancing 8
- Sugawara, Susumu 144, 187
- symbol 164
- sympathy 158
- synchronicity 142, 146
- syntax 40
- T'ai Chi 68
- Tchaikovsky International Music Competition 41
- tedium 37
- tense 36
- tension 36, 78
- Tesla, Nicola 129
- Thatcher, Margaret 155
- Thomas, R. S. 187
- Bright Field, The 92
- thrill of pleasure 5
- time and space 93–5
- Tolle, Eckhart 163, 187
- tone, right brain and 164
- touching 153–7
- trust 121, 122, 124
- Turner, J. M. W. 78, 104, 187
- Twitter 7
- Walter, Bruno 17, 94
- whole‐mind conversation 11–12, 123
- whole‐mind thinking 52–5
- wholehearted connection 178
- wholeheartedness 41, 109–26, 152
- Whyte, David 64, 187
- Williams, Tennessee: Streetcar Named Desire, A 58
- winning
- wolf, reintroduction of, into Yellowstone National Park 54–5
- Wonder, Stevie 58
- Wood, Victoria 59
- Woolf, Virginia 69, 187
- words, left‐brain and 164
- work role as a mask 24
- X Factor, The 8
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