if I’m eating or drinking something I’ll take a sip or bite, otherwise I’ll just take a deep breath. Then I look around and try to see what I notice about my environment or what they’re wearing or holding or doing. Then I make a positive comment on something I noticed. The weirder and more out of the blue the better. Sometimes they fill the silence before I can. That’s okay too.
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