Picture this - You are an intense journey that demands everyone brings their best forward but half the leaders are unequipped to deal with conflict. Where does that leave you? It leaves a lot o confusion and mistrust on the team. A recent DDI study revealed that...

Daily, I am keenly reminded... When we push another person, they almost always push back initially.  This is a universal principle I've studied for over three decades. We label it resistance or conflict.  That push can be through direct verbal opposition or...

In a world of smart appliances, I sought simplicity. Instead, I tumbled into a spin cycle of process oversights that left me agitated—and it wasn't just the rinse cycle to blame! In my work, I often point out that conflict isn't always caused by people but by...

It’s lovely now. Though, for weeks, I navigated a gauntlet of large machinery every time I left my home - enduring clamorous noise at times necessitating zooming from a tiny remote closet, all while feeling more sensitive than usual due to my mother’s passing. I...

Fifteen days without my phone, most of it in foreign countries, was eye-opening. Literally. Conflict doesn’t always happen with another person; it often happens with events or things. Realizing my phone was gone, and after I secured and shut it down, I admit I cried a...

How often do you experience a conflict of choice? As a business owner, even with clarity of purpose and budget constraints, the conflict of choosing still exists. This or That? In my life, it goes beyond business decisions; even 30 years ago, there weren't so many...

That habit that is just not quite sticking?  Perhaps that is a good thing.  I've rethought habits recently and have a different perspective! I tested for and received my 3rd Dan Blackbelt in Aikido in December. This time around, I unlearned as I prepared. I was...

Early Saturday morning, a sound radiating from the wall abruptly broke my slumber. Confused, my heart seemed to stop for a moment. The sound was unfamiliar. It was something alive but had to be bigger than a mouse. I imagined something bigger, like a squirrel, as...

We humans are fascinating creatures. I love to study the way people interact, myself included. It's pleasant when everything goes seamlessly, but when tension and conflict come up, it becomes intriguing. The entertainment industry knows this well! The potential for...

A good book is one of my favorite things! As a kid there was a well-worn path between my house and the local library!  As an author, I know what goes into refining a message. It is a gift when I think of the years of experience and research that go into writing a...

A loud BLAST followed by a shower of BLUE SPARKS out the back window shattered our pleasant pre-Thanksgiving visit in front of a gently burning fire. Surrounded by quiet and dark, we looked at each other. What just happened? As I brought out candles, this brought to...

Book Review The Art of Learning: An Inner Journey of Optimal Performance by Josh Waitzkin I savored every page of this book! You may have heard of the book and movie Searching for Bobby Fischer about the child chess prodigy Josh Waitzkin. Josh won eight National...