Conflict With A Stranger – What Can You Do?
Conflict With A Stranger – What Can You Do? Getting into a conflict with someone with whom you have no prior relationship is complicated. Many believe that conflict with a stranger is preferable to conflict with a friend or loved one. You have no extant relationship to ruin, after all. However, existing relationships often bring…
Serious Illness can cause Conflict with family
Dealing with a serious illness often cause conflict with family members. The news of a serious diagnosis very often draws family members to the patient’s bedside. Realizing that time may be limited, relatives will often go to great lengths to be with their loved one. This closeness has the potential of providing warmth and social…
How do I forgive someone who hurt me or a loved one?
Have you ever wondered “how do I forgive someone” for hurting me or someone I love? Forgiveness doesn’t mean forgetting, condoning or excusing whatever happened. It’s acknowledging hurt and then letting it go, along with the burden of anger and resentment. But this is not always an easy task. We continue to ask ourselves, “How…
Dealing with Challenging People- Use these 4 Magic Phrases to Respond to Anything!
Dealing with challenging people is not an easy task. When someone says something unkind to us, we often respond back in a reactive manner. We wish we wouldn’t go down to their level, but sometimes we do. You probably think it takes days of communication skills training to become skilled at dealing with challenging people.…
Do you try to WIN the argument or do you practice empathetic listening?
How often do you practice empathetic listening? More often than not, human beings forget about this very important tool called empathetic listening and prefer to “win” at the cost of their relationship. The urge to win the argument is very familiar to many couples but is not an effective conflict strategy. Tell me if this…
You can now teach your kids HOW TO RESOLVE CONFLICT at a young age- for FREE!
I love it when I can find tools to help kids learn how to resolve conflict. I wished I would have learned about conflict resolution when I was a kid. It would have saved me hundreds of hours of reading and training on how to resolve conflict. Kids not only play together, they argue together.…