Conversations Worth Having: Appreciative Inquiry, Generative Questions & the Power of Positive Communication | Cheri Torres & Jackie Stavros

What if the key to a more radiant, connected, and fulfilling life lived in the quality of your conversations?

In this powerful episode, Heather sits down with Cheri Torres, PhD, and Jackie Stavros, DM — co-founders of the CWH Institute and co-authors of the bestselling book Conversations Worth Having — to explore how a simple but revolutionary framework called Appreciative Inquiry can transform the way we communicate with ourselves and with others.

These two brilliant collaborators have spent decades discovering that the quality of our conversations — with others, and with ourselves — is literally the key to human potential, well-being, and connection. And what they share in this episode is something every one of us needs right now.

What You’ll Discover in This Episode:

• What Appreciative Inquiry (“the other AI”) actually is — and how it emerged from groundbreaking research at the Cleveland Clinic
• The 5 D’s framework: Define, Discover, Dream, Design, Deliver
• Two foundational practices: generative questions and positive framing
• The “flipping” technique to move from what you don’t want to what you actually desire
• Why pausing, breathing, and tuning in before you speak can transform every interaction
• MSU — Making Stuff Up — and how to stop letting imaginary conversations drain your energy
• How every conversation either moves us toward or away from what we want (no neutral ones!)
• Why asking generative questions of yourself is the hardest — and most transformative — practice
• How these conversations help us move from fear-based relating to love-based connection

Resources Mentioned:

• 📘 Conversations Worth Having by Cheri Torres & Jackie Stavros — available in print and audio
• 🌐 Website: cwh.today
• 🎓 CWH Foundations Course ($49 on-demand) — Use code RADIANTSPIRIT for 30% off: conversationsworthhaving.today/foundations
• 🎁 Free Conversation Toolkit: conversationsworthhaving.today/toolkitform
• Virtual and on-demand boot camps, certified trainer program, organizational training available at cwh.today

Connect with Cheri & Jackie:

• 🌐 Website: cwh.today
• 🔗 Cheri on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/cbtorres
• 🔗 Jackie on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/jackie-stavros-0b45824
• 📸 Jackie on Instagram: @jackie_stavros
• 👤 Jackie on Facebook: facebook.com/jacqueline.stavros

Connect with Heather:

• 🌐 heathereck.com
• 📸 Instagram: @heatherartist