The Conversation Guide is a self-help book by clinical counsellor and teacher, J.L. Prevost. Prevost is a passionate communication-skills coach and her goal for The Conversation Guide is to help us communicate effectively. We’ve all experienced what it’s like to walk away from a conversation that’s left us feeling stressed or misunderstood. Rather than continuing this unfavourable cycle, Prevost provides us with the skills, insight, and tools that we can implement right away to be better communicators.
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Through my work as a counselor, I’ve been able to boil down almost all miscommunications to either having your reality invalidated or imposing your reality onto someone else.
J.L. Prevost.
Prevost outlines 10 important skills to having a successful conversation. These skills are then broken down and simplified. Prevost provides different examples throughout the book to help serve as guidelines. Whether you’re talking to a stranger, a co-worker, a family member, or your partner, these 10 skills will ensure both parties walk away satisfied. You will no longer feel the need to bite your tongue or sacrifice your boundaries once you’ve finished this book. I especially enjoyed Part II of The Conversation Guide. Prevost lays out different scenarios, which allows us to put our knowledge to the test.
The Conversation Guide offers meaningful advice on how to set and enforce personal boundaries, stop avoiding confrontation, validate yourself and others, establish common goals, and support yourself post-talk. I highly recommend this book because I believe we can always improve when it comes to communication. Thank you to NetGalley and Smith Publicity for providing me with both an eARC and physical copy of The Conversation Guide for review. The Conversation Guide is now available on Amazon and wherever books are sold!
The Conversation Guide by J.L. Prevost
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 257
Rating: 4/5
Amazing review! I also saw this on your Instagram and in that moment I knew that I need this book in my life, lol! Thank you so much for sharing! xx Penny /whatdidshetype.com
Thank you Penny! It’s a great book and I definitely recommend it!
Sounds like a must read! I sometimes find it hard communicating and when I try to put my point across it just comes out all wrong! Thanks for sharing x
I can relate. This book offers great advice on how to communicate effectively. I hope you get a chance to check it out! Thank you for reading Soffy!
Well, this book is definitely one I need. I’m terrible at validating myself and I avoid confrontation at all costs! I’m also bad at setting boundaries. Thank you for putting this book on my radar!
Genesis @ Whispering Chapters
This will definitely help in all areas of communication! Thank you for reading!
This book sounds really interesting. It’s really important to develop communication skills, because it helps a lot in our interactions with others. I am interested in the tools or strategies available to improve my communication, so thank you for this recommendation.
I’m so happy you enjoyed this recommendation! I hope you get a chance to check it out. Thank you for reading Corinne!
Fab review! This sounds like an absolute must read, I can be absolutely awful at communicating my feelings – I’m much better at writing things down – so I think this will really help me with that, as well as generally growing my confidence with others too. Thank you so much for sharing, I hope you have an amazing week x
I can definitely relate to being able to express yourself better through writing. I hope your week is incredible so far! Thank you for reading Ceri!
A real thought-provoking post! I think most of us could improve our communication – especially when communicating through texts and messaging. Thanks for sharing.
I completely agree, especially when it comes to texts/emails! Thank you for reading Jodie!
Great post! This sounds like an interesting read. I think I’m good at communicating, but not all the time- and we can all improve our communication habits x
It offers so many great tips we can all use and apply! Thank you for reading Eleanor!
“You will no longer feel the need to bite your tongue or sacrifice your boundaries” – I think we can always learn new tips for better communication, and this book sounds extremely helpful.
I agree, there’s always room for improvement! Thank you for reading Lisa!
The art of communicating and being understood. I may just add this to my TBR.
I hope you do! Thank you for reading!
This is something really interesting as I always thought I was a good communicator. But I think there are probably ways I could improve and this sounds like a great place to start. Thank you for sharing your review.
Lauren – bournemouthgirl
I agree, there’s always room for improvement. Thank you for reading Lauren!
It’s one of those subjects where I would assume I’m a good conversation starter, but I reckon I would read this book and still pick up loads of tips. Its one of the topic that you think you probably wouldn’t learn too much, then end up thinking, ‘actually, I think I’ll try that!’ Thanks for sharing 🙂
Lindsay | http://thetravelvine.blog
It was! I picked up a bunch of tips and tricks to apply in conversations. Thank you for reading Lindsay!