by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jun 4, 2019
Conflict often means that the possibility for change is in the air and people, we just don’t like that. Think about it. The greatest pushback often comes related to change and change often comes as a result of conflict and difference. Difference of opinion, difference...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Mar 12, 2019
In my initial blog on conflict as a construct, I shared this statement. Reconstruction is possible. Think about someone or something that you had a negative impression about before you got to know them or tried the thing out. As your opinion changed, you realized you...
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 | Feb 5, 2019
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...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Sep 24, 2018
Here’s an unhappy incident. Just recently, I was in a Dominican Restaurant and I ordered some chicken soup for my son who was sick at home. Their soup is wonderful with huge pieces of chicken, large chunks of potatoes, sliced carrots, onions, and a spicy, flavorful...
by Dr. Lynne Maureen Hurdle | Jul 9, 2018
I spent the early part of 1994 watching my mom waste away and suffer from what was later discovered as the return of breast cancer. By July, she was unexpectedly and unbearably gone. BAM! And I was hit from behind. The chance to experience what so many parents...