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Category Archives: Conflict Coaching

Picture Peace

Imagine a huge beautifully coloured fabric covering your conflict. Or, think of an enormous umbrella keeping you and the other person safe from a storm. Or perhaps, visualize a treehouse sitting high up in a person-made oak tree overlooking a … Continue reading

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“Tell it to the Judge”

Sometimes during an interpersonal conflict we sound like we are in a court of law. We make our points in dogmatic ways, act as though no other position could possibly be considered, and convey an expectation that the other person … Continue reading

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Backing Down

It sometimes happens in a conflict that we back down from our viewpoint. We may yield to the other person and resent that she or he is getting their way. Or, we may reckon that backing down is the optimum … Continue reading

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Derailing a Conflict

It may seem a good thing to take a conflict off the rails that it is moving along. However, derailing it may make it worse. We may lose control of the journey it is meant to be on and take … Continue reading

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Making the Best of a Conflict

Yes, interpersonal conflict can take a lot out of us and even threaten the relationship. Once our energy and good faith gets depleted at these times, the way back seems plodding and often hopeless. We lose the notion that there’s … Continue reading

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