Hello đź‘‹ I’m Craig Constantine.
We talk every day without thinking much about it. But what makes a conversation land? Why do some questions open doors while others close them? How does understanding happen in the space between people?
Open + Curious explores the art of conversation—through essays and the ongoing work of paying attention to how dialogue actually works.
Conversation Coaching
Are you a podcast host who wants your conversations to take listeners past the surface—to give them questions worth asking? You want to create depth and connection. I’ll help you develop the skills that make it possible.
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The invitation of doubt
Cassian Bellino started her podcast from not knowing—wanting to believe but unable to through blind acceptance. She discovered God invites questions, not just tolerates them. Her doubt wasn’t an obstacle to connection but the connection itself. When she approached scholars with genuine uncertainty, they responded with openness. Certainty closes things down. Doubt creates space where… More →
The real foundation
Tim Winders has published weekly for over six years despite the work being financially negative. The real foundation? The conversations nourish his soul. This is counterintuitive—we think good dialogue means disappearing into attentiveness for others. But being fed by the conversation yourself makes genuine dialogue sustainable. When we’re genuinely nourished, we’re not performing generosity but… More →
Worth doing badly
David Wilson describes himself as a recovering perfectionist who realized that if a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing badly and playfully. Wilson calls it addiction to competence—we become so identified with being capable that we lose the ability to try things we might be bad at. What if the willingness to converse… More →
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Open + Curious is about discovering what better means for your conversations—not techniques or scripts, but the kind of listening and curiosity that makes real connection possible.