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Deconstructing the Construct of Conflict
Conflict is any opportunity to engage in a conversation with someone who disagrees with you (including yourself). It doesn’t have to be a difficult experience or an unpleasant one, but often the way we view it already sets it up to be just that. This is why we need to...

Is Conflict Constructing Your View?
In my last article, I talked about Conflict as a Construct, meaning we don’t go into any conflict clean. Instead, we carry our conflict stories — the stories about how we were first introduced to conflict and all of the unresolved conflicts that we still harbor...

The 12 Days of Conflict – For The High Conflict Season
It’s that time of year so I am bringing this back! This time, Sing along! We are celebrating so many different holidays at this time of year. Some of us celebrate the ones that many are familiar with like Hanukkah and Christmas. Others are celebrating less familiar...

20 Small Ways You Can Prevent Unnecessary Conflict In The World
I am going to go out on a limb here and say that we are all concerned about the state that our world is in especially as it pertains to conflict. We are in conflict too much and we are doing it badly. No way to soften it. Far too many of us are under the impression...

Why It’s Time To Do Something About The Conflicts In Your Life
I wrote and posted this article in 2015 and want to bring it back out of the archives, because I believe we really need it. I’m no salesperson even though I have sold many people on my opinion about numerous things in life. In spite of my love for all things shiny,...