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Category Archives: Conflict Management Coaching

WHY DO WE BLAME?

“The only thing blame does it to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration.” Wayne Dyer It seems we sometimes spend needless time in blame mode when we are … Continue reading

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GET YOUR FACTS FIRST – AND THEN DISTORT THEM – OR?

This quote by Mark Twain “Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please” is the focus of this week’s blog. It is a quote that makes me smile in my work as a conflict management coach … Continue reading

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KNOW YOUR WORTH

“Know your worth. You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served.” Tene Edwards I find this a poignant quote. There’s only so much any of us can or want to tolerate when … Continue reading

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GUILT: THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING

I laughed when I read this quote by Erma Bombeck! Even though it’s hard to consider guilt a gift, I have come to see how it can be when it comes to learning about ourselves and our relationship with ourselves … Continue reading

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LOOKING BACK

It’s not the first time this blog has written about a common reaction to being in conflict – looking behind us at what happened or didn’t happen, wishing we had said or done something differently, continually blaming ourselves or the … Continue reading

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