The Answer My Friends Is Blowing In The Wind

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 11, 2022 | Apologies, Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Leadership

Sorry Folks It’s Not That Simple, But Here It Is.   “Why does it have to be this hard?” This is the familiar refrain that I heard recently from my client, a frustrated manager who had just finished a raw and honest conversation with a team member who is seen as...

You Got Them to The Table. How Do You Get Them to Talk?

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Dec 14, 2021 | Apologies, Communication, Holidays, Leadership, Parenting, Race Relations

Three Delicious Ways   Ya’ll ask the hardest questions. Yes, this one’s tough, because people who don’t want to talk like it that way and are determined to keep themselves safe, their way. For the longest time, not talking was my safety mechanism, which I think...

Parental Power Is an Easy Card to Play

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Nov 9, 2021 | Apologies, Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Parenting

Our children need us to make a better choice.   When we find ourselves with the challenge of handling situations with our children that are pretty much designed to push our buttons or at least we think they are designed to, pulling the parental power card is a...

Worry Never Felt As Right As It Does Now

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Oct 6, 2021 | Apologies, Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Self Care

We are spending so much time worrying these days.   I’m not saying that we weren’t already champions at it, but now it is our national pastime. Why does it feel so right? I really had to spend some time with worry and seek out and think about the ways in which it...

Resentment

by Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 21, 2021 | Apologies, Communication, Conflict Coaching, Inner Conflicts, Self Care

Five Ways to Begin to Be Free   Today is a rough day for me. I am sitting with my feelings after an extremely difficult conversation, one where some deep-seated resentment on the part of the other person reared its head. I am talking that long simmering, finally...

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...