In this moment of extreme polarization, it is hard conversations that stand between us and the world we know is possible. Host, Jeff Krasno, will share techniques for having hard conversations, based on his 2020 experiment, where he had (26) hour-long Zoom calls with "people that didn’t like him". He will describe how he built his psychological immune system and develop “euthymia” - an unflappable emotional state. From this place, he was able to create the set and setting for nonviolent communication. In this talk, he will outline specific techniques for having hard conversations.