How Do We Create a Safe Space for Making Mistakes?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 9, 2021 | Apologies, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Leadership, Parenting

Nobody wants to answer that, we’re too afraid we’ll make a mistake.   Mistakes happen, actually they don’t just happen, we make them. And what happens when we make them? If we’re honest, not good things. We are a society that does not tolerate mistakes. Think...

The Problem With Punishment As a Core Reaction. How to Respond In Truth Instead.

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 24, 2021 | Apologies, Communication, Inner Conflicts

There’s an ugliness in me and I am convinced it is in all of us whether we have taken the time to discover or acknowledge it or not. That ugliness is when someone does something wrong to me, my first instinct, is often to punish in some way. I’ve been aware of this...

The Conflict of Accountability and Healing

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 27, 2021 | Apologies, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Race Relations

You’ve got to be ready to own something.   There is a common thread that I have seen in conflict, and that is the pushing past of the necessary steps for healing. I have seen many people who upon discovering that they were in the wrong, move quickly toward...

Do You Dare Go To The “Grateful Edge”?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 19, 2020 | Apologies, Communication, Inner Conflicts

I was with a friend who had just experienced a really nasty conflict. She was exhausted and very glad that it was finally over. After months of back and forth conversations, insults, miscommunication, gathering supporters, some sleepless nights, and even contemplating...

So You Want to Make It Right?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Nov 26, 2019 | Apologies, Conflict Coaching, Holidays

Here’s a Start. The holidays are here. Pressures rise, which means the likelihood of saying the wrong thing rises with it. You know what I am talking about. You are trying to list and organize all of the things you have to do and they are many. Daily life still...

The Conflict Closer’s Big Leadership Mistake

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 25, 2018 | Apologies, Communication, Conflict Coaching, Leadership

Early in my career I led a Kick-Ass, High-Functioning, Happy AF team. I made many mistakes while working with them and frankly it did not feel good. I wanted to prove myself and spent a lot of time having to push past ego and tough feelings in order to reach for my...