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Build Your Resilience in Conflict: Three Proven Strategies

Build Your Resilience in Conflict:  Three Proven Strategies

Very few of us engage in conflicts with confidence and ease.  In fact, most people fear conflict. Conflict avoiders are all around us. So are conflict magnets, or people who seem to thrive on drama and conflict. They don’t stir things up because they enjoy conflict. Typically, they’re not skilled at engaging appropriately in conflict, and internal triggers fuel actions that inflame conflicts. Conflict isn’t typically in anyone’s comfort zone, but there are strategies to help us be more resilient in conflicts.

In Conflicts, Shifts Happen

In Conflicts, Shifts Happen

A couple once relayed a funny story to me that confirmed the importance a simple shift in perspective can play in transforming a conflict.  After decades of marriage, something happened that shed light on an ongoing battle between them.  With a new look at the same old issues, their conflict ended.