by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 23, 2019
Several months ago I was sitting in my car and observed a young man who looked to be in his early twenties getting ready to walk into an apartment building across the street from me to deliver newspapers. The look on his face was intense and serious and I wondered...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Apr 9, 2019
Here’s what I know to be true. When it comes to resolving conflict, the last thing we think about is taking care of ourselves in the process. We spend a lot of time thinking about the other person and the things they do that annoy or trigger us. We spend time...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 26, 2019
This blog article is the last in this series and I hope you have been reading them and doing your own work right alongside of me. Last time, we were learning the basics of reconstruction. So, quick review before I jump in with my story. To reconstruct, we have to...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 5, 2019
Anything that makes us feel as uncomfortable as conflict makes most of us feel needs to be examined fully and challenged. Yes, I said that two blogs ago and it really is true though counter to our first inclination. If you are like me, your first inclination is to...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Feb 12, 2019
So, it seems as if I broke my own rule. You see, I always pride myself as a facilitator who never asks her audience to do anything I wouldn’t do. In my last two blogs, I asked you to take some major steps in doing your own personal work on conflict. This work is...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jan 22, 2019
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...
