Category Archives: Choice in Conflict
Response or Reaction to Conflict is a Choice
When acrimony is evident between us and another person it is palatable to us and those around us. This sensation and experience presents a challenge and also an opportunity to choose a way to be that helps or hinders the … Continue reading
The Silent Treatment
One of the ways that some people manage conflict is by using the ‘silent treatment’. This expression refers to “Maintenance of aloof silence toward another as an expression of one’s anger or disapproval”. The same source says this phrase is … Continue reading
Don’t ‘Should’ on Yourself or Others
Have you had the experience when a friend, colleague or family member tries to impose their beliefs, needs, values, or expectations on you regarding a way you handled a situation? I have never been fussy about sentences that start with … Continue reading
Questions About Being in Conflict That Have No Right To Go Away
In his wonderful poem “Sometimes” (from Everything is Waiting for You, 2007, Many Rivers Press), David Whyte refers to questions that “have no right to go away”. I really like that statement and it touched a chord in me. So, … Continue reading
Letting Go
For many of us when a conflict is ostensibly over there are residual feelings and emotions. I have referred to these in previous blogs as the remnants from past conflicts that shroud future conflicts when our feelings and/or the issues … Continue reading
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