Gillian Sandstrom

Yeah, I have a few different go-to methods now. So maybe it's especially an English thing. They joke about it all the time, but it's talk about the weather, right? And I think the reason we do that is because it's a shared circumstance, right? It's something we're both experiencing at the same time. So I think that principle can be used more broadly. So

Yeah, I have a few different go-to methods now. So maybe it's especially an English thing. They joke about it all the time, but it's talk about the weather, right? And I think the reason we do that is because it's a shared circumstance, right? It's something we're both experiencing at the same time. So I think that principle can be used more broadly. So

Yeah, I have a few different go-to methods now. So maybe it's especially an English thing. They joke about it all the time, but it's talk about the weather, right? And I think the reason we do that is because it's a shared circumstance, right? It's something we're both experiencing at the same time. So I think that principle can be used more broadly. So

If you're in the same place as this person at the same time, then you have various things in common with them already. So you can comment on the shared situation that you happen to be in. If you're on a bus or something and something unusual happens, then all of a sudden you're all on the same team, aren't you?

If you're in the same place as this person at the same time, then you have various things in common with them already. So you can comment on the shared situation that you happen to be in. If you're on a bus or something and something unusual happens, then all of a sudden you're all on the same team, aren't you?

If you're in the same place as this person at the same time, then you have various things in common with them already. So you can comment on the shared situation that you happen to be in. If you're on a bus or something and something unusual happens, then all of a sudden you're all on the same team, aren't you?

Everybody talks when they never would have talked before because you've experienced this situation together. But sometimes I do it in a different way, which is by pointing out something that I'm seeing in the environment. Sometimes I'll point out happy, playful dogs to someone else that's walking past me in the park and just draw their attention to it.

Everybody talks when they never would have talked before because you've experienced this situation together. But sometimes I do it in a different way, which is by pointing out something that I'm seeing in the environment. Sometimes I'll point out happy, playful dogs to someone else that's walking past me in the park and just draw their attention to it.

Everybody talks when they never would have talked before because you've experienced this situation together. But sometimes I do it in a different way, which is by pointing out something that I'm seeing in the environment. Sometimes I'll point out happy, playful dogs to someone else that's walking past me in the park and just draw their attention to it.

Or I've pointed out the spring flowers that are popping up. But that's also linked to sort of the last sort of main technique I use, which is just to tap into your curiosity. So I can't tell you how many conversations I've started just by going up to someone and saying... what you doing? Like I did with the fish hero. You know, I saw him scooping up fish in a net and I thought, what is he doing?

Or I've pointed out the spring flowers that are popping up. But that's also linked to sort of the last sort of main technique I use, which is just to tap into your curiosity. So I can't tell you how many conversations I've started just by going up to someone and saying... what you doing? Like I did with the fish hero. You know, I saw him scooping up fish in a net and I thought, what is he doing?

Or I've pointed out the spring flowers that are popping up. But that's also linked to sort of the last sort of main technique I use, which is just to tap into your curiosity. So I can't tell you how many conversations I've started just by going up to someone and saying... what you doing? Like I did with the fish hero. You know, I saw him scooping up fish in a net and I thought, what is he doing?

And so I've gone up to lots of different people. I think you have to be a little careful because you don't want it to come across as accusatory. It has to come across as curious. So you have to do it with this sort of, you know, lightness in your voice that it's, you know, just out of curiosity and fun rather than being an accusation.

And so I've gone up to lots of different people. I think you have to be a little careful because you don't want it to come across as accusatory. It has to come across as curious. So you have to do it with this sort of, you know, lightness in your voice that it's, you know, just out of curiosity and fun rather than being an accusation.

And so I've gone up to lots of different people. I think you have to be a little careful because you don't want it to come across as accusatory. It has to come across as curious. So you have to do it with this sort of, you know, lightness in your voice that it's, you know, just out of curiosity and fun rather than being an accusation.

Yeah, I really am still trying to work that out. I mean, most of the time that I talk to strangers, I'm out walking around the park or something, and it's really easy to just sort of walk away when you're finished, as opposed to being on a bus or sitting next to someone on the plane.

Yeah, I really am still trying to work that out. I mean, most of the time that I talk to strangers, I'm out walking around the park or something, and it's really easy to just sort of walk away when you're finished, as opposed to being on a bus or sitting next to someone on the plane.

Yeah, I really am still trying to work that out. I mean, most of the time that I talk to strangers, I'm out walking around the park or something, and it's really easy to just sort of walk away when you're finished, as opposed to being on a bus or sitting next to someone on the plane.

People don't talk until it's 15 minutes before the landing because otherwise they're stuck there for the whole flight, right? But I've definitely gotten stuck in conversations, and I feel like I'm still not very good at figuring out how to get out of them. And, you know, I've run these how to talk to strangers workshops.

People don't talk until it's 15 minutes before the landing because otherwise they're stuck there for the whole flight, right? But I've definitely gotten stuck in conversations, and I feel like I'm still not very good at figuring out how to get out of them. And, you know, I've run these how to talk to strangers workshops.