Cooling Down Conflict in Your Family Business
Being in business with your family can bring lots of rewards, including financial security and personal pleasure in working with people you know well and love. But it can also be the source of...
View ArticleSiblings That Squabble Don’t Have To Punch and Shout
Summer is ending and the school year draws near. Our kids have had lots of fun times together. Siblings can be the best of friends, but conflict and disagreements are also a natural part of their...
View ArticleOrganization and Communication – Surefire Ways to Reduce Conflict When...
Did you know that there are 6,200 weddings a day in the US and that June is the most popular month for weddings in the US? According to Sound Vision’s article on wedding statistics, the average wedding...
View ArticleHow To Manage Financial Conflicts Within Your Family During The Holidays
Does your family argue or fight about money or finances during the Holidays? Expectations about what kinds of gifts to buy, how much you can afford to spend on travel or even when siblings or other...
View ArticleDignity, Humiliation, and Conflict
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights,” this is the first statement of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Since this declaration’s adoption in 1948,...
View ArticleAddressing the Needs of LGBTQ Youth
Stories of attacks on the way home from the bus stop, bullying in the classroom, and assaults in school hallways are all-too-frequent reminders that our community and many others throughout the US...
View ArticleBack to School: Building a Bridge of Positive Communication to Create a...
Parent, you are your child’s best advocate. Just like painting a room, the more preparation you do the better the result. It may seem like oversimplification when it comes to communicating to your...
View ArticleConflict Dynamics – Identifying Your Behaviors
Got Conflict? In this episode, we will be talking with Dr. Debra Dupree, Relationships at Work, Inc. She is a certified master trainer for the Conflict Dynamics Profile (CDP). This profile identifies...
View ArticleTake Five! – How Adults Can Benefit from a Time Out
A time-out according to Wikipedia, “Is a form of behavioral modification that involves temporarily separating a person from an environment where unacceptable behavior has occurred.” It is a...
View ArticleVerbal Self-Defense Begins with a Mindset of Compassion and Empathy
In my last blog post, Changing the Way We Handle Verbal Attacks, I shared that I began a journey in learning Verbal Aikido. What does it mean to learn the art of verbal self-defense? First, it means...
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