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The Secret to Building Resilient Relationships: A Conversation with Topaz Adizes.
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"It's not about the answers. It's about your ability to sit in the discomfort of the questions." - Topaz Adizes
Have you ever stopped to consider not just the strength of your relationships, but their resilience? Can they withstand discomfort, uncertainty, growth, and adversity, or do they crack under pressure? In this episode, I sit down with Topaz Adizes, an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and experienced design architect who has spent over a decade exploring human connection through his experience design studio, The Skin Deep. With over 1,250 filmed conversations between people in various types of relationships, Topaz brings profound insight into what strengthens and challenges our connections with others.
Our conversation dives into the power of questions and how they can deepen our relationships, the role of emotional maturity in communication, and why self-reflection is essential before making big relationship decisions. Whether in personal or professional life, this episode is packed with insights on how to engineer better conversations, foster resilience in relationships, and embrace discomfort as a path to growth.
Key Topics Covered
- Why resilient relationships thrive on uncomfortable questions
- The role of emotional maturity in communication
- How self-reflection strengthens decision-making in relationships
- The importance of crafting powerful questions for deeper conversations
- How relationships require consistent effort, just like physical health
Bio
Topaz Adizes is an Emmy Award-winning writer, director, and experience design architect. He is an Edmund Hillary fellow and Sundance/Skoll stories of change fellow. His works have been selected to Cannes, Sundance, IDFA, and SXSW; featured in New Yorker magazine, Vanity Fair, and the New York Times; and have garnered an Emmy for new approaches to documentary and Two World Press photo awards for immersive storytelling and interactive documentary. He is currently the founder and executive director of the experience design studio The Skin Deep. Topaz studied philosophy at UC Berkeley and Oxford University. He speaks four languages, and currently lives in Mexico with his wife and two children.
Contact
Website: https://shop.theskindeep.com/
Website: https://www.topazadizes.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_skindeep/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheSkinDeep/
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/theskindeep
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/theskindeep/videos
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Chapters
1. The Secret to Building Resilient Relationships: A Conversation with Topaz Adizes. (00:00:00)
2. Introduction to Resilience (00:00:16)
3. Meet Topaz Adizes (00:03:04)
4. Misunderstood Aspects of Relationships (00:11:04)
5. [Ad] Recharge with David Ko (00:11:04)
6. (Cont.) Meet Topaz Adizes (00:11:42)
7. The Role of Leverage (00:19:46)
8. Navigating Major Decisions (00:28:00)
9. Engineering Better Questions (00:29:53)
10. The Power of Questions (00:41:11)
11. The Importance of Relationships (00:49:55)
12. Final Reflections on Connection (00:56:10)
13. Key Takeaways from Our Conversation (00:58:02)
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