Podcasts about Conflict resolution

Abide: Staying Connected to Jesus with Jeannie Cunnion – John 15In Episode 152 of Divine Table Talk, Jamie and Jane welcome back author and Bible teacher Jeannie Cunnion for a powerful conversation about one of the central invitations of John 15: Abide in Me.What does it actually look like to abide in Jesus—not just during quiet time or Bible study, but in the middle of busy schedules, difficult seasons, relationships, parenting, work, and everyday life?Together, Jamie, Jane, and Jeannie explore the difference between striving for God and staying connected to God. They unpack Jesus' picture of the Vine and the branches, why fruit is the result of abiding rather than performing, and how we can recognize when we've begun trying to produce in our own strength.They also talk honestly about pruning, surrender, intimacy with Jesus, and learning to remain in His love when God seems to be cutting away things we thought we needed.John 15 reminds us that Jesus isn't asking us to manufacture more fruit. He's inviting us to stay close to the Vine.If you've been tired from striving, questioning a season of pruning, or simply longing for deeper intimacy with Jesus, pull up a chair. This conversation is an invitation to stop performing—and start abiding.Reflection Question: Am I trying to produce fruit for Jesus—or am I staying close enough to Him that fruit becomes the natural result?____________________________________Connect with Jeannie Cunnion:Website: https://www.jeanniecunnion.com/____________________________________Connect with Jamie:Website: www.jamieklusacek.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/jamieklusacekConnect with Jane:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janewwilliams____________________________________ Get Jamie's Newest Book:Living Loved: An 8-week Journey to Living Fully Loved

Hard conversations are part of leadership, but saying what needs to be said without making things worse takes some work. In this Just Lead Podcast episode, Pastor Q talks about how to prepare for difficult conversations, stay focused on the real issue, communicate with clarity, and listen without losing sight of what needs to change.The goal isn't just to get something off your chest. It's to say it in a way the other person can actually hear. Because avoidance creates confusion, anger creates damage, and healthy leadership brings clarity.Don't wait until frustration takes over. Get clear about what needs to be said, consider how the other person will hear it, and have the conversation. You can't control their reaction, but you can control how you communicate. Be clear. Listen well. Treat them with dignity. Then make sure you both understand what needs to change and what happens next.

Why do some wives struggle to enjoy sex or experience orgasm? In this episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy share 15 important facts about female orgasm and explore the physical, emotional, hormonal, and relational factors that can affect a wife's pleasure and desire. Whether you are a husband wanting to understand your wife better or a wife wondering why intimacy feels difficult, this episode offers practical insights to help couples communicate, remove pressure, and create more enjoyable and connecting sexual intimacy.Here is a link to the amazing products that we mention in the podcast HERE

Conversations that Keep Family Businesses StrongFamily businesses face a challenge that other companies don't: business disagreements can quickly become family conflicts - and family conflicts can threaten the business.Succession, sibling rivalry, different visions for the company's future, unclear roles and power imbalances can create friction. Sometimes the conflict is obvious. Other times, family members avoid difficult conversations until resentment has been building for years.So how can family businesses resolve disagreements without damaging either the company or their relationships?In this episode of A Seat at the Table, host Jane Singer speaks with Michael Kern, former CHRO and conflict and culture consultant, about practical ways family-owned businesses can prevent and resolve conflict.Michael explains why the best time to address family business conflict is before there's a crisis—and how open conversations about individual goals, roles and expectations can prevent misunderstandings from becoming major disputes.Why Conflict Develops in Family BusinessesEvery family business is different, but many conflicts begin when family members have different interests that haven't been openly discussed.One person may expect to eventually run the company. Another may want to leave. Someone else may want greater influence without becoming CEO.The problem is that families frequently make assumptions about what other family members want.Michael recommends starting these conversations early and revisiting them regularly because people's goals change.Important questions include:Where does each person see the business going? What role does each family member want? What does success look like for them personally?Getting those expectations into the open can expose differences while they're still manageable.How Do You Resolve Family Business Conflict?When conflict has already developed, Michael uses principles from mediation.The first step isn't deciding who's right.It's understanding what each person actually wants.That requires listening without immediately making judgments. Family members often create their own stories about why another person behaves a certain way. Those assumptions can become barriers to resolving the real problem.Michael recommends reflective listening - demonstrating that you understand what another person's position means to them - and asking questions with genuine curiosity.The objective is to move away from competing positions and uncover the interests underneath them.Someone saying “I want to be president” may actually be looking for respect, security, greater involvement in decisions or recognition of their contribution.Once those underlying interests are understood, families have more options for finding solutions.Give Everyone a VoicePower dynamics can make family business disagreements particularly difficult.Founders, senior family members or more aggressive personalities may dominate conversations. Quieter family members may accommodate them simply to preserve the relationship.That doesn't mean they agree.A neutral facilitator can create space for every family member to speak and ensure that nobody's interests disappear simply because someone else has a stronger personality or more organizational power.Michael also asks participants what they respect about each other.That can shift the conversation away from everything that's wrong and remind people that they usually share something fundamental: an interest in maintaining important relationships and, often, protecting the business.How Do You Make an Agreement Last?Getting everyone to agree in a meeting isn't enough.Michael recommends what he calls “navigating the future.”Before considering a conflict resolved, ask what could realistically derail the agreement six months or a year from now.What happens if circumstances change? What obstacles could emerge? Can everyone actually deliver what they've agreed to?The agreement should also be documented.Without a written understanding, two people can leave the same meeting believing they agreed to very different things.Regular check-ins are equally important. Family members' goals evolve, businesses change and outside circumstances can alter what is practical.A six-month review can determine whether the agreement still reflects everyone's expectations.The Best Strategy: Don't Wait for a CrisisPerhaps the most important lesson is prevention.Family businesses should discuss roles, expectations, succession and individual ambitions before disagreements become entrenched.Family members entering the company may also need clearer conversations about where they fit. Being part of the family doesn't automatically mean someone wants—or is ready—to eventually lead the company.The goal is to replace assumptions with conversations.Because when family members understand what everyone wants, they have a much better chance of protecting both the relationships and the business.In This Episode00:00 – Why family business conflicts become so complicated02:46 – Why difficult conversations need to start early06:00 – Common causes of family business conflict09:56 – How mediation can resolve serious disagreements12:37 – Reflective listening and removing judgment15:29 – Positions versus underlying interests17:46 – Using respect to rebuild common ground20:28 – How to make agreements last22:56 – “Navigating the future” and anticipating problems24:58 – Why regular follow-ups matter25:56 – Why family business agreements should be documented29:16 – Making sure quieter family members are heard30:53 – Managing power dynamics within the family33:11 – Why prevention is better than crisis intervention35:15 – Helping the next generation find the right roleAbout Michael KernMichael Kern is a former Chief Human Resources Officer and a conflict and culture consultant with experience working with family businesses, organizational culture and mediation. He helps organizations navigate difficult conversations, understand competing interests and build agreements designed to work in the real world.Website:  www.mediatormindset.comLinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelwkern/SEND US A MESSAGEStop starting over again each month. We'll work one-on-one build a tailor-made system you can repeat each quarter.  Marketing gets done - on easy mode.  Learn more about the Consistent Marketing System.Visit A Seat at The Table's website at https://seat.fm

“I'm not saying necessarily fight more, I'm saying fight better.”Conflict doesn't have to mean avoidance or escalation. Priya Parker, expert facilitator, strategic advisor and author of The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict, argues there's a third option: “healthy heat,” where disagreement is handled with enough care, curiosity, and even humor to become productive rather than destructive. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Parker joins Matt Abrahams to rethink how we approach disagreement. She explains why practicing low-stakes conflict can prepare us for harder conversations, how teams can build better systems for working through tension, and why the goal isn't to fight more, but to fight better.Takeaways:Conflict can be productive when you learn to hold the heat. Rather than avoiding disagreement or letting it escalate, adding care, humor, and curiosity can turn tension into something clarifying and constructive.Don't fight more, fight better. Preparing for difficult conversations, clarifying your purpose, and creating structures for disagreement can help teams address the issues that matter instead of avoiding them.Activity:Start a grapple. Identify one issue your team keeps avoiding or turning into a logistical discussion. Give it a dedicated meeting where the explicit purpose is to debate the issue, hear different viewpoints, make a decision, and commit to what happens next.Printable Expanded Takeaways & ActivitiesEpisode Reference Links:Priya ParkerPriya's Books: The Art of Gathering / The Art of FightingEp.174 Fix Meetings: Transform Gatherings Into Meaningful Moments  Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (00:55) - Healthy Heat (01:54) - Practicing Disagreement (07:29) - Conflict in the Moment (10:19) - Normalizing Conflict (14:47) - Conflict as a Signal (17:29) - Starting the Conversation (20:25) - The Final Three Questions (23:51) - Conclusion

We call people "difficult" when really they're just wired to see the world differently — and Jeremy Doran has spent his life learning to translate. Jeremy and Robin unpack how to stop reacting to "that person" and start getting curious, why explaining your why defuses conflict before it starts, and how the same skills that save a team meeting save a marriage, a friendship, and a conversation with your kid.What we coverWhy the person you find hardest to talk to might be your most valuable allyThe teenage Myers-Briggs moment that changed how Jeremy saw everyoneWhy cognitively diverse teams outperform — and why they're uncomfortableGetting to their truth: you don't have to agree, you have to understandMoving from the what to the why to find common groundTelling people why before a conversation ("I need help" vs. "I need advice" vs. "just listen")Why "We need to talk" backfires — and what to say instead"Just hold the bucket — don't fix it": setting expectations in relationshipsThe engineers-vs-marketing story + Robin's TSA line-cutting experiment

The Argument Beneath The Argument: Why Conflict Hardens From couples to politics to global conflict, the same patterns can push people further apart. Psychotherapist Scott Gibbs explains what happens when fear, defensiveness and the need to be right takes over. Guest: Scott Gibbs, psychotherapist, marriage therapist, author, Toward the Turning: Rethinking the Meaning of 9/11, the Clash of Civilizations, and a Postmodern World Host: Gary Price Producer: Amirah Zaveri Linktr.ee | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | SpotifyFacebook: @ViewpointsOnlineX: @viewpointsradioInstagram: @viewpointsradioFull ArchiveContact UsAffiliates & National Syndication Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Do you not feel in love with your spouse anymore? Wondering if that's a reason to end your relationship. Don't move forward until you listen to this episode first. In it, I discuss the top metric that should determine if you should stay or go and it's probably not what you think. 

The Argument Beneath The Argument: Why Conflict Hardens From couples to politics to global conflict, the same patterns can push people further apart. Psychotherapist Scott Gibbs explains what happens when fear, defensiveness and the need to be right takes over. Guest: Scott Gibbs, psychotherapist, marriage therapist, author, Toward the Turning: Rethinking the Meaning of 9/11, the Clash of Civilizations, and a Postmodern World What's Causing More Frequent And Severe Wildfires? Wildfires are becoming harder to contain as hotter, drier conditions make fire seasons longer and more destructive. And the impact doesn't stop at the fire line anymore. Smoke can travel thousands of miles, exposing people far from the flames to serious health risks. We look at what's driving this scary increase and why controlled burns may be part of the solution. Guests: Victoria Donovan, assistant professor, forest management, University of Florida Hanna Payne, climate resilience manager, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Linktr.ee | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | SpotifyFacebook: @ViewpointsOnlineX: @viewpointsradioInstagram: @viewpointsradioFull ArchiveContact UsAffiliates & National Syndication Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

In this episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy continue their discussion from episode 501 with Austin, and discuss one of the most common dynamics in marriage: different levels and patterns of sexual desire.For many husbands, sexual desire can feel strong, spontaneous, and always ready to go. But instead of allowing that desire to turn into frustration, pressure, or resentment when intimacy doesn't happen, men can learn how to harness that energy and use it in other ways to strengthen attraction, connection, and their marriage.For many wives, desire may work differently. Rather than appearing spontaneously, sexual desire can often be responsive, awakening through emotional connection, affection, flirting, feeling desired, reducing stress, anticipation, and intentionally making space for intimacy.That means neither spouse has to simply accept, “This is just how I am.” Both can better understand their sexuality and learn how to cultivate desire in healthy, intentional ways.Couples can stop allowing differences in libido to divide them and instead work together to create an intimate relationship where both spouses feel wanted, understood, pursued, and satisfied. Having different levels of desire doesn't mean you're incompatible. The goal isn't for one spouse to suppress their sexuality or for the other to force desire, it's learning how to understand, cultivate, and enjoy sexual intimacy together. Trust us, you can have different desires and still have a great intimate marriage.

In this episode, Bishop Omar Thibeaux continues the Conflict Resolution series with a powerful message from Jasher 32:1-15. Through the story of Jacob preparing to meet Esau, Bishop teaches how honor must guide the way we handle conflict, authority, family, leadership, and responsibility.This message exposes the mindsets that fight against honor, including familiarity, control, manipulation, abdication, and spiritual passivity. It is a timely call for believers to restore honor in the home, in marriage, in parenting, in ministry, and in every place God has given order.

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Get in Touch! Send us a message.4:15 on a Tuesday. You and your business partner — who also happens to be your spouse — are headed back to the showroom from a supplier meeting. The new showroom display comes up. You think it's worth the investment; they aren't sure about the timing.It starts reasonably enough. You make your case. They make theirs.Four minutes later you aren't talking about the display anymore. You're talking about who's been carrying more of the load lately. The pricing decision made in January without full input. Something that happened at a KBIS two years ago that apparently still isn't resolved.The display update is sitting right there, completely unanswered.When you run a business with family, the professional and the personal share the same humans. When a business decision feels off, it's almost impossible to separate "my partner made a bad call" from "this person doesn't respect my judgment." The stakes stop being about work and start being about the relationship. And when the personal relationship enters the chat during a business conversation, the business conversation loses every time.In this episode, we walk through the third-party witness: the one habit that keeps business conversations professional — even between people who love each other.What you'll hear:Why the low-level recurring disagreements do more damage than the big blowups — and why they keep coming backHow hitting record shifts the dynamic before either of you says a wordWhy the transcript becomes the ultimate neutral reference when memories of what was decided don't matchGet the AI Note-taking Guide → cabinetnotes.com

Award-winning mediator and TEDx speaker Doug Noll reveals a simple communication technique that can calm anger, resolve conflict, and strengthen relationships in seconds. Discover why the words "You feel..." may be the most powerful phrase you'll ever use.Doug Noll is an award-winning mediator, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, creator of the Noll Method™, and founder of the Prison of Peace program. After spending 22 years as a successful trial lawyer, Doug changed careers and dedicated his life to helping people solve difficult, highly emotional conflicts.In this fascinating conversation, Doug shares insights from his TEDx Talk, Listen Someone Into Existence, and explains how one simple skill can dramatically improve communication. Instead of focusing on the words people say, Doug teaches us to listen for the emotions behind the words and reflect those emotions back using simple statements such as, "You feel frustrated," "You feel misunderstood," or "You feel disrespected."This technique, called affect labeling, helps people feel seen, heard, and understood. Research shows that accurately naming emotions can calm the brain's emotional centers in seconds, reducing tension and creating trust.Doug has used these methods in some of America's most violent prisons through his Prison of Peace program, helping inmates learn to manage emotions and resolve conflict peacefully. The same skills can be used in marriages, families, parenting, workplaces, and leadership roles.We also discuss why empathy is not weakness but a powerful leadership skill. Doug challenges traditional communication advice and explains why direct "You feel..." statements are often more effective than common "I think you're feeling..." responses.Doug shares a simple three-step process:Ignore the words.Listen for the emotions.Reflect those emotions back using "You feel..." statements.The result is a practical tool that can help de-escalate conflict, build trust, and create deeper connections in every area of life.In This Episode You'll Learn:How to calm an angry person in 90 seconds or lessThe science behind affect labelingWhy empathy is a leadership skillHow to help others feel seen, heard, and understoodWhy "You feel..." statements build trust and connectionHow these techniques improve relationships, parenting, leadership, and conflict resolutionThe communication skills that transformed violent prison environmentsAbout Doug NollDoug Noll is an award-winning mediator, bestselling author, TEDx speaker, and founder of the Prison of Peace program. He specializes in helping people resolve difficult and highly emotional conflicts through practical, research-based communication techniques.Learn more at https://dougnoll.comThank You For Listening!If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it with a friend, and leave a review. Your support helps us continue bringing messages of hope, healing, and personal growth to listeners around the world.To learn more about Linda's Corner Podcast, visit lindascornerpodcast.com.Listen, Share, and SupportIf this episode resonated with you, please share it with someone who may need hope today.Be sure to subscribe, leave a rating and review, and help us spread more healing and inspiration to the world.Free Resource for HealingIf you're ready to release stress, calm your mind, and begin healing from within, visit:

Why do two people who deeply love each other sometimes struggle so much in the bedroom?This week on the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy dive into one of the biggest sources of frustration in marriage: men and women often experience and understand sex very differently.When we view our spouse's sexual behavior through our own lens, it's easy to feel rejected, pressured, unwanted, or misunderstood. But when we understand why our spouse may view physical intimacy differently, those differences can become a bridge instead of a barrier.Nick and Amy unpack several of the biggest differences between husbands and wives when it comes to sex.Sex as a Physical Need vs. an Emotional GatewayFor many husbands, physical intimacy is one of the primary ways they experience love, connection, reassurance, and emotional closeness. Feeling desired by their wife can make them feel deeply valued and connected.For many wives, the process can work in the opposite direction. Emotional connection, feeling loved, heard, supported, and safe can create the environment where sexual desire can grow.That can create a frustrating cycle:He wants sex to feel connected → she wants connection to feel ready for sex.Both are seeking connection—but they're approaching it from opposite directions.Spontaneous Desire vs. Responsive DesireNick and Amy also discuss the difference between spontaneous and responsive desire.Many men can experience desire seemingly out of nowhere. A thought, a visual cue, or simply being around their wife can spark sexual desire.Many women experience desire more responsively. Desire may develop after affection, emotional connection, relaxation, flirting, touch, and feeling safe and connected.When couples don't understand this difference, a husband may interpret his wife's lack of immediate desire as rejection, while a wife may wonder why her husband seems ready for sex when she hasn't even mentally switched gears.Stress Can Affect Men and Women DifferentlyHere's another major difference: stress doesn't always affect spouses the same way.For many husbands, physical intimacy can be a way to relax, reconnect, and escape the stress of the day.For many wives, stress can completely shut down sexual desire. If she's carrying the mental load of work, kids, finances, housework, and everything else on her plate, it can be difficult to transition from “I have 47 things to do” to “I'm ready for intimacy.”Understanding this difference can help couples stop taking each other's responses personally and start working together.Visual vs. Experiential StimulationNick and Amy also talk about how husbands and wives can be stimulated differently.Men are often highly visually stimulated, while many women are more influenced by the overall experience and context—how their husband talks to them, treats them, touches them, listens to them, helps them, and makes them feel throughout the day.For a wife, what happens outside the bedroom can have a huge impact on what happens inside the bedroom.So How Do Couples Bridge the Gap?Understanding the differences is only the beginning. Couples need to learn how to meet each other in the middle.Nick and Amy share practical ways to do that, including:Give zero-pressure affection. Let a hug just be a hug sometimes. Physical touch doesn't always have to lead to sex.Practice emotional foreplay all day. Connection, flirting, kindness, communication, and helping carry the mental load can all contribute to intimacy.Communicate your bids for intimacy clearly. Husbands can express their desire without making it feel like a demand, and wives can communicate when they're not ready without making their husbands feel unwanted.Create more safety and playfulness. Take the pressure off and make intimacy something you both look forward to rather than something one spouse is constantly requesting and the other is constantly avoiding.Ultimately, men and women aren't necessarily fighting against each other—they're often fighting to have their own needs understood.A husband may be thinking, “Why doesn't she want me?”A wife may be thinking, “Why doesn't he understand what I need to want him?”Both may be longing for the same thing: connection.When a husband learns to pursue his wife's heart as well as her body, and a wife understands that her husband's desire for physical intimacy can be deeply connected to his desire for love and reassurance, couples can stop fighting their differences and start using them to create greater intimacy.Your spouse isn't necessarily wrong because they experience sex differently than you do. They may simply be wired differently.The goal isn't to make your spouse think like you.The goal is to understand how they experience intimacy—and learn how to love them in a way they can actually feel.Tune in as Nick and Amy unpack the differences between male and female desire, what couples commonly misunderstand about sex, and practical ways to turn those differences into a stronger, more connected and passionate marriage.

If you grew up in a broken or dysfunctional family, you may have entered adulthood without ever seeing what healthy conflict looks like.But avoiding conflict isn't the answer. In fact, healthy conflict can be one of the main ways couples build trust, deepen intimacy, and discover whether they can actually build a life together.Our guest, Adam Lane Smith, is a former licensed marriage and family therapist, bestselling author, and attachment specialist whose work has attracted more than 1.3 million followers across social media. In this conversation, Adam breaks down the practical relationship skills many people never learned growing up.In this episode, you'll learn:Why people from broken families often struggle in relationshipsHow healthy couples handle conflict differentlyWhy avoiding conflict can actually weaken trustWhat conflict reveals about whether someone is marriage materialHow to communicate, repair, and build trust after things go wrongIf conflict makes you shut down, blow up, people-please, or wonder whether you're capable of building the healthy marriage you never saw growing up, this episode is for you.Resources mentioned in this episode:

Why does sexual intimacy seem to be connected to so many other areas of marriage?When couples are struggling with communication, resentment, emotional disconnection, trust, affection, stress, or feeling unappreciated, their sex life often struggles too. And when sexual intimacy disappears or becomes a source of conflict, those other problems can sometimes feel even bigger.So is sex actually causing the problems, or is the lack of sex revealing problems that already exist?In this episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy sit down with marriage therapist Austin, LMFT, to unpack the complicated relationship between sexual intimacy and the overall health of a marriage.For many couples, sex isn't just sex. It can represent feeling wanted, desired, connected, accepted, loved, pursued, and chosen. At the same time, a healthy sex life usually doesn't exist in isolation. Emotional connection, kindness, loyalty, respect, communication, trust, and effort all play an important role in creating the kind of relationship where great sexual intimacy can thrive.That's why problems in the bedroom can sometimes be a symptom of what's happening outside the bedroom, and problems outside the bedroom can quickly show up inside it.The goal isn't simply to “have more sex.” It's to create a marriage where both spouses are intentionally building the emotional and relational foundation that allows mutual, wanted, connecting sexual intimacy to thrive.Because sometimes what's happening, or not happening in the bedroom is telling you something important about what's happening everywhere else in your marriage.

Last time, I talked a bit about the meaning of the “attention economy”, a term coined over fifty years ago by Herbert Simon, a Nobel prize winner for economics. The idea is that human focus is a limited natural resource. From a conflict perspective, quick thinking rarely serves us well. So, what do we do? First, as with many things, recognize what is going on in ourselves. Second, once we are aware of a growing tendency to embrace speed, we can be more conscious of the value of slowing down.  Third, we can recognize that others are subject to these same external forces that are encouraging speed. Do you have comments or suggestions about a topic or guest? An idea or question about conflict management or conflict resolution? Let me know at jb@dovetailresolutions.com! And you can learn more about me and my work as a mediator and a Certified CINERGY® Conflict Coach at www.dovetailresolutions.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/janebeddall/. Enjoy the show for free on your favorite podcast app or on the podcast website: https://craftingsolutionstoconflict.com/        

https://letsgrowleaders.com/accountabilityIs avoiding difficult conversations quietly putting your executive career at risk?As a senior leader, it can be tempting to assume experienced people should already know what's expected or that addressing performance issues can wait until you have more time. But delayed or softened feedback can lead to unclear expectations, weak accountability, unnecessary conflict, and problems that become harder to solve. This episode explores how the conversations you avoid can affect your team's ability to execute and, over time, your effectiveness as a leader. After listening, you'll be equipped to:Recognize how avoiding difficult feedback can create accountability gaps, lower productivity, and contribute to conflict across your team. Challenge the belief that senior leaders should already know what's expected and see why clear feedback becomes even more important as responsibility increases. Communicate feedback sooner and more directly so issues can be addressed before they become entrenched patterns. Play the episode to uncover the silent habit that can threaten your executive career and discover why clear, timely conversations are essential to building a team that can execute.Key insights to strengthen your communication skills:03:07 – Your team is watching what you do.Discover why better training, frameworks, and performance management systems may not improve accountability if your own communication habits send a different message.05:16 – See the hidden cost of avoiding difficult feedback.Find out how carrying unresolved issues can increase frustration, self-doubt, and resentment while allowing problems to become harder to address.10:30 – Challenge the belief that “they should know.”Explore why experienced senior leaders still need clear feedback and how a lack of clarity at the executive level can affect entire teams and departments.13:00 – Make difficult feedback simpler and more direct.See how brief, specific communication delivered close to the moment can help you address issues sooner without becoming a harsher leader.Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightful discussions on leadership and management, focusing on essential communication skills, productivity, teamwork, delegation, and feedback to help leaders navigate various leadership styles, management styles, conflict resolution, time management, and active listening while addressing challenges like overwhelm, burnout, work-life balance, and problem-solving in both online and in-person teams, all aimed at cultivating human-centered leadership qualities that promote growth and success

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Send Wilk a text with your feedback! (incoming msgs only - I can't reply) Larry Rosen built a career as a mediator, working through disputes between people who already knew each other and had a reason to want to get along — business partners, divorcing couples, families untangling an inheritance. He started wondering whether that same process could work between total strangers who disagreed about nothing more personal than politics. He didn't know if the motivation would even be there. He built the Enemies Project to test it, with one structural addition borrowed from television rather than mediation: let people argue first, then guide them toward seeing each other as human beings before ever touching the actual dispute.His daughter Sadie came on originally to help launch the project on social media. She ended up embedded in nearly every part of it — recruiting and screening guests, producing episodes, and, this past summer alone, having conversations with roughly a hundred people trying to find the right voices for the show.Key Themes●       Stoke the flames, then build the bridge.  Larry's early instinct in mediation was to defuse conflict immediately. For the show, he learned to do the opposite — let people argue first — and found that the more heat there was at the start, the deeper and more surprising the resolution turned out to be.●       The bridging space may be aiming at the wrong audience.  Larry argues that people already interested in “depolarization” and “cross-partisan dialogue” are a narrow, self-selecting group. The much larger audience is people who've simply tuned politics out because it's exhausting — people who just want their own relationships to work better.●       Numbers versus individual impact.  Larry and Sadie both describe the strange experience of watching follower counts climb into the hundreds of thousands while the moments that actually stick with them are single messages — a viewer who says a conversation with an estranged parent finally happened again.●       Two skills a mediator needs.  Larry breaks down the two core abilities he believes this work requires: deep empathy, and the more analytical skill of mapping a conversation's structure in real time. Few people, he says, naturally have both.●       Built at the family dinner table.  Sadie traces her own instinct for seeing things from someone else's perspective back to childhood car rides, where her dad's oft-repeated advice eventually became a running family joke — “no dad lessons today” — that, as she got older, turned out to have worked anyway.Takeaways●       Structured conversation can transform a relationship even between two people who've never met and have no built-in reason to want to get along.●       The Enemies Project has grown into one of the most-watched shows in the bridge-building space — closing in on 200,000 Instagram followers and nearly 100,000 on YouTube — but Larry and Sadie both point to individual stories, not the numbers, as what actually keeps them doing the work.●       Learn more, watch episodes, or connect with the Enemies Project at enemiesproject.org.Learn more about and connect with Larry and Sadie in the full show notes for this episode at www.DerateTheHate.com. The world is a better place if we are better people. Be grateful for all you've got. Make every day the day that you want it to be!Please follow the DTH podcast on:Facebook, Instagram, Twitter(X) ,  YouTube,  Substack Subscribe to us wherever you enjoy your audio or from our site. Please leave us a rating and feedback on Apple podcasts or other platforms. You can share your thoughts or request Wilk for a speaking engagement on our contact page: DerateTheHate.com/ContactThe Derate The Hate podcast is proudly produced in collaboration with Braver Angels — America's largest grassroots, cross-partisan organization working toward civic renewal and bridging partisan divides. Learn more: BraverAngels.orgWelcome to the Derate The Hate Podcast!*The views expressed by Wilk, his guest hosts &/or guests on the Derate The Hate podcast are their own and should not be attributed to any organization they may otherwise be affiliated with.

Why Feeling Pressured for Sex Is a Turn-Off for WivesWhat if the very thing you're doing to get more sex is actually the thing making your spouse want less sex?This week on the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy tackle a topic that can create a lot of frustration in marriage: why feeling pressured for sex can be such a major turn-off for wives.There's a big difference between feeling wanted and feeling expected. For many women, sexual desire is responsive which means it often grows out of emotional connection, affection, relaxation, safety, attraction and feeling close to their husband. You can't pressure someone into feeling desire.But pressure can create a painful cycle:He feels rejected → pursues harder → she feels pressured → she withdraws → he feels even more rejected → he pursues even harder.Both spouses end up hurting, and neither may realize they're stuck in a cycle.Nick and Amy discuss five ways husbands can unintentionally create pressure, including when every touch becomes sexual, reacting negatively to rejection, keeping score, constantly testing the waters, and making affection feel transactional.But this isn't a “blame the husband” episode.Husbands aren't wrong for wanting sex, wanting to feel desired, or initiating. Wives have responsibility too. Wives need to communicate what helps them feel connected and sexually open, recognize that physical intimacy can be an important way their husband experiences love and reassurance, and take ownership of their own sensuality and sexual relationship.The answer isn't for husbands to stop pursuing their wives.It's learning how to pursue without creating pressure.Give affection without strings attached. Respond well to “no.” Build connection throughout the day. Help carry the mental load because you're her partner—not as a transaction for sex. Create opportunities for intimacy without demanding a specific outcome.Ultimately, pressure doesn't create desire. Safety, connection, attraction, playfulness and invitation create an environment where desire can grow.And both spouses have an important role to play:Wives shouldn't expect husbands to stop wanting sex. Husbands shouldn't expect wives to want sex on command.The goal isn't for one spouse to win.The goal is to create a marriage where both spouses genuinely want to pursue each other.Tune in as Nick and Amy unpack this complicated dynamic, talk about what husbands and wives can each do differently, and explore how couples can break the pressure/rejection cycle and build a more mutually passionate marriage.

How to Talk About Money (and Other Things) With Your Spouse Without ArguingAttempts to solve money problems can quickly turn into arguments when being right or finding the practical solution takes priority over emotional connection. Coach Jack explains how validating first, problem solving second, and avoiding convincing or arguing can help couples work through financial and other practical disagreements while staying connected.What You'll LearnHow to respond to a spouse's ideas without immediately opposing, criticizing, or arguingHow validation can create the emotional connection needed for productive problem solvingHow to use a two-step approach to move from connection to practical, win-win decisionsHow backup plans can help couples handle agreements that do not work as intendedWant to Work With Coach Jack?The Re-Connections Coaching Package can help develop the relationship skills needed to strengthen attraction, love, and commitment while handling difficult conversations and relationship problems more effectively.Key TakeawaysEmotional connection comes before practical solutions.Validating an idea does not mean agreeing to act on it.Pros and cons can be explored without criticism or judgment.A Plan B provides a constructive response when Plan A does not work.Negative reactions call for empathy rather than argument.Additional ResourcesConsultationsRe-Connections Coaching PackageConnecting through "Yes!" by Jack Ito PhD7 Steps to Revive Your Marriage (post)Free DownloadsWork one-on-one with Coach Jack to repair your relationship using small, easy steps that rebuild connection quickly. Visit CoachJackIto.com to learn more about relationship coaching.

Send us Fan MailYou've said what you need. You've been clear. And now you're just... waiting. Watching to see if anything actually changes. Sound familiar?This week picks up where last week left off. If growth can make the people around you uncomfortable, what do you do when you're the one waiting on somebody else, a spouse, a business partner, a friend, to do their own growing? Sami and Angela dig into the messy, undefined stretch between naming a need and having it met, and what to actually do with yourself while you wait. In this episode, we dig into:Two questions to ask yourself when you're stuck in the “wait and see” phase (one of which isn't “what do you want”)Why the hardest part of change isn't the first apology, it's the eighteenth oneA working definition of boundaries that has nothing to do with controlling anyone else's behaviorPermission to take a break from a friendship without a dramatic goodbyeA reminder that patience during this waiting period is doing more work than it feels like it isAngela tells the real, thirteen-year-old story of telling her husband she had healed as far as she could inside their marriage, and how it took him months (and his first pair of bifocals) to actually decide to change for himself instead of for her. Sami brings in the “start, stop, continue” framework from her team-building workshops as a practical tool for anyone stuck on the question “what do you actually want.”If you're in the middle of this waiting room right now, this episode gives you a way to track whether the gap between an old pattern showing up and someone catching themselves is actually shrinking, and permission to hang on a little longer if it is, or let a relationship go quiet without setting it on fire if it isn't.Press play on this one if you're stuck watching to see whether someone else is actually going to change. You don't have to have the answer today, you just need to know what you're watching for.Related EpisodesEP236 — When the People Who Loved the Old You Don't Like the New You: last week's conversation on what happens once you start changing; this week picks up the other side, what to do while you're waiting on somebody else to.EP215 — The Let Them Theory (Mel Robbins): the episode this conversation directly builds on. That one is the “let them” half. This one is the “let me” half.EP56 — Marriage Advice & Conflict Resolution: for more on the day-to-day mechanics of navigating a strained marriage, this is the deeper dive.EP148 — Setting Personal Boundaries: the practical follow-up once you've figured out your own answer to “if this continues, what will I do.”You've done the work. The retreats, the books, the coaching. And the pattern is still there. The Invisible Edge Foundation 1:1 Coaching is where that changes. Six sessions, one-on-one, body-based belief work that gets underneath what nothing else has touched. bfreakingawesome.com/invisible-edge-foundationSupport the showSign up at bfreakingawesome.com to get the latest news, insights, and episodes straight to your inbox.Follow Be Freaking Awesome on Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, and Instagram.Let us know what questions you want to be answered and discussed by emailing us at podcast@bfreakingawesome.com.

In this episode, Ryann sits down with Tricia Martin, a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, to explore a completely different way of approaching conflict, communication, and connection.Tricia shares how Nonviolent Communication transformed her relationship with her son during a challenging season and why compassionate communication begins long before we ever open our mouths—it starts with our relationship with ourselves.

When life throws you a curveball, what's your first instinct?Defend yourself?Shut down?Get angry?According to leadership expert Lois Barth (www.loisbarth.com), there's a better option: Get curious.WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4kUmYfmi5goIn this episode, Lois shares how curiosity, compassion, connection, and courage can completely transform the way we live, work and interact with others.From overcoming a life-changing eating disorder to helping organizations build healthier workplace cultures, Lois offers practical tools for replacing judgment with curiosity and "being nice" with something far more powerful: genuine kindness.If you've ever struggled with difficult conversations, imposter syndrome, change, conflict, or your own relentless inner critic, this conversation is packed with practical ideas you can start using immediately.In this episode:• The difference between being nice and being kind• How to have difficult conversations without damaging relationships• Why disruption can become your greatest teacher• Replacing your inner critic with curiosity and compassion• How healthy workplace cultures are actually builtChapters00:00  Introduction to Disruption as a Mindset01:45 Lois Barth's Journey and Philosophy07:17 The Four C's: Curiosity, Compassion, Connection, and Courage11:26 Curiosity's Role in Disruption14:30 Implementing the Four C's in the Workplace20:34 Creating a Culture of Beautiful Honesty27:59 The Structure Behind Honest ConversationsWant more from Lois?www.loisbarth.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/loisbarth/ Lois works with heart-centered go-getters who crave greater meaning, fulfillment, and impact in their lives by helping them clarify their goals, foster well-being, and be more effective leaders. A term she refers to as Behavioral Wellness Meets professional development. She has been the makeover life coach for SELF Magazine; Fitness Magazine and Fit Blog (Sears) which to date 3 million people registered for. Lois has been quoted and published in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and SELF Magazine. Her speaking clients include Capital One Bank, L'Oreal, Women in Banking & Invesco to name a few.Anne Bonney is a keynote speaker and emcee who helps organizations lead through change by building resilience, emotional intelligence, and courageous communication.

In “Conflict Resolution 3: Honor & Order,” Bishop Omar Thibeaux continues teaching from Jasher 31:75–77 and shows how Rebecca instructed Jacob to approach Esau with humility, honesty, and honor.This sermon reminds us that conflict does not remove the responsibility to walk in truth. Bishop teaches that lying only adds fuel to conflict, while honesty helps make room for peace. He also explains that honor changes how we speak, listen, serve, and respond.This message challenges believers to recover honor in the home, in marriage, in family relationships, and in the church so that peace can be restored God's way.

Feel like your marriage is broken? You're not alone. Many couples are struggling and unsure if they're going to make it. In this new episode on the Dr. Wyatt Marriage Podcast I discuss a top mistake many couples make that makes everything worse. Want to know what it is? Listen now!

Summary In this episode, Andy sits down with Dr. Jeremy Pollack, a social-organizational psychologist and founder of Pollack Peacebuilding Systems, author of Wired for Peace: Using 7 Neuroscience-Based Principles to Resolve Conflicts. Jeremy looks at conflict through the lens of the brain and nervous system, which helps explain why disagreements escalate so quickly and why the fixes we reach for often make things worse. Andy and Jeremy talk about why de-escalation has to come before problem-solving, since solutions and stress do not mix. Jeremy walks us through his Sapien Model of six basic psychological needs, giving us a far more useful lens than labeling a stakeholder difficult, defensive, or resistant. You will hear how memory and prediction shape the way we read the person in front of us, what a team learns when its leader consistently avoids conflict, and why changing our experience of conflict requires new experiences, not just new beliefs. Jeremy also shares how this shows up at home, in marriage and parenting. If you're looking for a practical, evidence-based way to handle the conflicts that come with leading, this episode is for you! Sound Bites "The most fruitful relationships from what I've seen at work, at home, et cetera, are those that can weather storms without the real fear of abandonment." "That was pretty interesting to me to see how much of the science is telling us that, like, our brain is mostly a predictive machine." "Anytime we're in an escalated or emotionally charged state, there's something going on in our brains, usually subconsciously, that's tracking a threat or an impediment to our basic needs." "It's de-escalate first because solutions and stress just don't mix." "What I'm feeling right now is not a result of what the person's saying. It's a result of the way my body is responding." "I call it an experiential thumbprint. It's completely unique to you and no one else has your nervous system, and you don't have anyone else's." "If we have a negative experience with someone and we go into a place of fear or pain or anger or something like that, the way that we see them going forward can change very, very quickly, and it's a lot harder to get us to unsee that." "We access memories in edit mode. And so after we retrieve it, and when we write it back, it's not always quite the same thing, and that's always made me question not is that memory correct as much as is it completely correct." "All conflict is an opportunity for learning." "The threat of abandonment is the big thing to really watch for when we're having arguments." Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:27 Start of Interview 02:35 The Family Cultures That Shaped How Jeremy Sees Conflict 05:51 In Awe of How Much We Still Do Not Know About the Brain 07:49 The Brain as a Prediction Machine 09:55 The Salad Lady and What Sits Underneath Defensive Behavior 12:45 An Introduction to the Sapien Model 16:19 Why a Framework Beats a Label 16:58 De-escalate First: Catching Yourself Before It Is Too Late 20:54 When Our De-escalation Attempts Backfire 22:43 Empathy Without Having to Agree 25:03 How Memory Distorts the Person in Front of Us 27:46 We Do Not Access Memory as Read-Only 30:45 Joe, the Conflict-Avoidant CEO, and What a Team Learns 33:03 Taking Inventory When Nobody Pushes Back 34:53 New Experiences of Conflict, Not Just New Beliefs 38:08 Tell Me More: Creating a Gap Between Stimulus and Response 40:31 Peace Starts in Small Ways 42:49 Interrupting the Pavlovian Pattern 44:19 Bringing It Home: Marriage, Parenting, and Attachment 47:17 End of Interview 47:57 Andy Comments After the Interview 51:57 Outtakes Learn More You can learn more about Jeremy and his work at CoachJeremyPollack.com. For more learning on this topic, check out: Episode 371 with Amanda Ripley. Amanda is an amazing writer, and her book High Conflict is a great follow-up to today's discussion. Episode 148 with Dan Shapiro. The title of his book Negotiating the Nonnegotiable sounds like it's about negotiating, but it's really about navigating the conflicts that suck the life out of us. Episode 61 with Mike Roberto. That discussion was over 15 years ago, and there are ideas from it that Andy still uses to this day. Chat with PMeLa You can chat directly with PMeLa, the podcast's AI persona, to get episode recommendations and answers to your project management and leadership questions. Visit PeopleAndProjectsPodcast.com/PMeLa to chat with her. Join Us for LEAD52 I know you want to be a more confident leader–that's why you listen to this podcast. LEAD52 is a global community of people like you who are committed to transforming their ability to lead and deliver. It's 52 weeks of leadership learning, delivered right to your inbox, taking less than 5 minutes a week. And it's all for free. Learn more and sign up at GetLEAD52.com. Thanks! Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast! Talent Triangle: Power Skills Topics: Leadership, Project Management, Conflict Resolution, Neuroscience, De-escalation, Psychological Safety, Emotional Regulation, Memory, Stakeholder Management, Team Culture, Accountability, Parenting The following music was used for this episode: Music: On Point by Steven O'Brien License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Music: Energetic Drive Indie Rock by WinnieTheMoog License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Why do we put so much effort into winning our spouse's heart while dating, only to slowly stop doing those same things once we're married?In this episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy sit down with marriage therapist Austin, LMFT, to talk about one of the most common traps couples fall into: getting comfortable and unintentionally stopping the pursuit.When you were dating, you probably made time for each other, planned dates, flirted, showed affection, listened closely, expressed appreciation, and looked for ways to make the other person feel wanted. But after marriage, careers, kids, responsibilities, stress, and everyday life can slowly take over. Before long, spouses can start feeling more like roommates than lovers.So what happens when we stop pursuing each other? And more importantly, how do we start again?Nick, Amy, and Austin discuss why continuing to pursue your spouse is essential for emotional and sexual intimacy, how small efforts can make a huge difference, and why feeling wanted, chosen, and prioritized matters so much in a healthy marriage.You worked hard to win your spouse's heart. Don't stop pursuing it just because you already have it.

The “attention economy” is a term coined over fifty years ago by Herbert Simon, a Nobel prize winner for economics. The idea is that human focus is a limited natural resource. Speedy, reactive thinking is prioritized by our brains when we are exposed to it again and again. And rewarded, in a number of ways, for diving into it.  This type of thinking, reactive and not especially deliberate, patient, or careful, becomes more and more comfortable. And the slower, truly thoughtful and contemplative type of thinking is used less. A type of thinking that took more effort to begin with is now seeming even more difficult as we just don't do it as much.  From a conflict perspective, nothing good comes from moving farther away from patient and careful thought to quick reaction. Do you have comments or suggestions about a topic or guest? An idea or question about conflict management or conflict resolution? Let me know at jb@dovetailresolutions.com! And you can learn more about me and my work as a mediator and a Certified CINERGY® Conflict Coach at www.dovetailresolutions.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/janebeddall/. Enjoy the show for free on your favorite podcast app or on the podcast website: https://craftingsolutionstoconflict.com/      

In “Conflict Resolution 2: The Power of A Gift,” Bishop Omar Thibeaux teaches from Jasher 31:75–77 and shows how Rebecca instructed Jacob to bring a gift when approaching Esau.This message reminds us that peace often requires humility, wisdom, timing, and a willingness to give. Bishop teaches that a gift can be an olive branch that interrupts conflict, softens anger, and opens the door for reconciliation.This sermon is for anyone who wants to stop repeating the same cycles of conflict and learn how to handle relationships God's way.

In this episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast, Nick and Amy dive into the critical connection between mutual respect and sexual intimacy in marriage. While it is common for husbands to seek greater physical connection and wives to crave emotional connection, a lack of respect often creates a disconnect that impacts both areas. We emphasize that a passionate, fulfilling intimate life is built on a foundation of daily respect, teamwork, and intentional effort.They outline 10 practical ways couples can demonstrate respect to strengthen their bond, cultivate trust, and ultimately improve their intimate relationship:Speak Kindly During Conflict: Maintain a smooth tone and avoid yelling or lashing out when frustrated to ensure your spouse feels safe opening up.Listen Without Immediate Defense: Resist the urge to interrupt, assign blame, or jump straight to self-defense when your partner shares their feelings.Speak Well of Your Spouse Publicly: Protect your partner's dignity by avoiding criticism, snarky comments, or making them the punchline of a joke in front of others.Keep Your Promises: Build trust by following through on both major commitments and everyday requests.Respect Their Time and Energy: Share the mental load and household responsibilities as equal partners rather than letting one person burn out.Include Them in Important Decisions: Approach life and marriage as a unified team rather than making key choices independently.Respect Personal Boundaries: Honor your spouse's need for personal space, self-care, or time away without taking it personally.Protect Their Dignity in Arguments: Avoid name-calling, threats, or bringing up past mistakes that have already been healed and forgiven.Show Affection and Appreciation: Consistently offer non-sexual physical touch, warm greetings, and verbal appreciation to make your spouse feel valued.Choose Your Spouse Publicly and Privately: Maintain complete loyalty and integrity in your actions, attention, and online habits, ensuring your partner feels prioritized above all else.By actively treating marriage as something deeply valuable, prioritizing each other's emotional and physical needs, and putting in daily work, couples can eliminate resentment and cultivate a thriving, intimate relationship.

“We're all salespeople at the end of the day.”Whether you're pitching a movie, an idea, or yourself, persuasion is about more than the story you're telling—it's also about the story your audience sees for themselves. For Deadpool and Zombieland screenwriter Rhett Reese, that means keeping communication concise, compelling, and centered on what your audience needs. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Reese joins Matt Abrahams to share lessons from screenwriting that apply far beyond Hollywood. From cutting unnecessary words to crafting pitches that make your audience the protagonist, he explores how storytelling, collaboration, and clarity can make any message more persuasive.Takeaways:Every pitch tells two stories. You're selling the idea itself, but you're also showing your audience how saying yes can solve their problem, reduce their risk, and lead to their success.Brevity makes your message stronger. Cutting unnecessary words and choosing them carefully helps your ideas land with greater clarity, impact, and memorability.Activity:Tell the second story. Take a pitch you're currently working on and write one sentence describing the idea you're selling. Then write a second sentence from your audience's perspective: “If I say yes, what becomes possible for me?” Use that second story to reshape your pitch around their success, not just your idea.Printable Expanded Takeaways & ActivitiesEpisode Reference Links:Rhett ReeseEp.167 Hollywood Lessons For Successful Communication Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (01:18) - Make Every Word Count (03:09) - How to Pitch an Idea (07:38) - Creatively Collaborating (10:35) - Creating Space for Feedback (12:49) - AI & the Future of Hollywood (16:44) - The Final Three Questions (23:15) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.Strawberry.me. Get 50% off your first coaching session today at Strawberry.me/smartJoin our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be. 

Get the 200+ Page Optimal Living Daily Workbook (PDF) - Free. Want to turn today's episode into an actionable plan? Join the Optimal Living Weekly newsletter and I'll send you our 200-page digital workbook immediately. It's packed with the best takeaways from the show, formatted for easy reading and implementation at home. Get your free PDF workbook here: https://oldpodcast.eo.page/join Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3117: Keith Wilson revisits his own advice that grudges should be abolished after reading a philosopher's argument that holding one can be perfectly rational. He walks through what anger is actually signaling, why it is a legitimate response to injustice, and where it starts to cost the person carrying it. Read along with the original article(s) here: https://medium.com/change-becomes-you/is-holding-a-grudge-a-rational-thing-to-do-62f1609b75c6 Quotes to ponder: "Grudges begin in anger and retain many of the characteristics of that hot emotion." "Feeling angry is a useful indication that you're the victim of an injustice." "She says holding a grudge is a perfectly rational thing to do." Optimal Relationships Daily is a daily relationship advice podcast where we narrate the best articles on healthy relationships, dating, marriage, and family, read to you by a professional narrator so you can strengthen your closest connections a little more every day. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How do you handle conflict in marriage without allowing anger, offense, and bitterness to tear you apart?In this message from the Blessed Marriage series, Pastor Ryan Visconti teaches biblical principles for communication, conflict, forgiveness, and fighting for peace in your marriage. Healthy marriages aren't conflict-free. The difference is learning how to work through disagreements in a way that honors God and strengthens your relationship.From understanding the three levels of communication to uncovering the true source of conflict, dealing with offense, controlling anger, and choosing forgiveness, this message offers practical biblical wisdom for every married couple. You'll learn why communication problems are often deeper spiritual problems, how pride fuels conflict, when to overlook an offense and when to address it, and how to use your words to heal instead of hurt.Every marriage will experience miscommunication, disappointment, irritation, and hurt. But instead of fighting against your spouse, God can teach you to fight together for peace.

Have you ever stayed quiet because bringing something up felt harder than just letting it go? Between busy schedules, phones, family responsibilities, and years of falling into familiar patterns, it can be surprisingly easy to become disconnected from the people closest to you without realizing it. I sat down with licensed marriage and family therapist Colette Jane Fehr to talk about why avoiding conflict can quietly create distance, and how approaching difficult conversations with honesty and vulnerability can actually bring you closer. We unpack the difference between sharing what you're truly feeling and turning your interpretations into facts about the other person. You'll walk away with practical ways to start hard conversations, recognize when you're abandoning your own needs to keep the peace, and begin rebuilding connection even if your relationship has been on autopilot for years.You'll Learn:How to start a difficult conversation without blame or defensivenessHow to separate your feelings from the story you're telling yourself about your partnerWhat to do when your partner says, “Nothing's wrong” or “You're overreacting”How to recognize the “siren song of avoidance”Ways to protect your relationship while still getting support from friendsWhy midlife can be an opportunity to reconnectHow to stop keeping the peace at your own expenseLinks:Connect with Colette:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/colettejanefehr TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@colettejanefehrSubstack: Secrets from a Therapist https://colettejanefehr.substack.com/Watch Colette's TEDx Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tSUOB2yEd0 Order a copy of The Cost of Quiet: How to Have the Hard Conversations That Create Secure, Lasting Love: https://www.colettejanefehr.com/new-book Get a copy of Amy's Best selling book: CANNONBALL! FEARLESSLY Facing Midlife and Beyond hereMake sure to share with friends and family and would love if you could leave a review. There are so many shows out there floating around and if you are finding value in the The Right Sized Life Podcast share it with the world – a review means so much.And sign up for the Radiant Woman Reset hereAnd don't forget to follow along on all the socials:http://instagram.com/theamy.schmidthttps://www.facebook.com/fearlesslyfacingfifty/https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-schmidt-a5684412/

What if the conflict you're experiencing isn't something to escape—but an invitation to understand yourself more deeply? In this powerful episode of the Spirit Reboot series, Laura Lee speaks with international peace activist, author, and psychic channel Barbara Lee With about transforming conflict into compassion and using inner healing as a pathway toward greater peace. Barbara introduces Conflict Revolution, a spiritual approach based on the idea that resolving our own emotional triggers, judgments, fears, and projections can transform our relationships and create a ripple effect beyond ourselves. Together, Laura and Barbara explore how intuition, emotional awareness, self-love, and personal responsibility can help us move from resentment and blame toward compassion and understanding. If you've ever struggled with anger, family conflict, resentment, or feeling triggered by someone you love, this conversation offers a fresh perspective. Discover how your most difficult relationships may become opportunities for spiritual awakening, intuitive guidance, emotional healing, and personal transformation—and why lasting peace may begin within each of us.

Over time, I have come to see my podcast as a way to give back. Through my own content, I can share what I have learned so far. And I can continue to learn and to share even more.   My guests are … no one word sums them up.Insightful is the closest.  Do you have comments or suggestions about a topic or guest? An idea or question about conflict management or conflict resolution? Let me know at jb@dovetailresolutions.com! And you can learn more about me and my work as a mediator and a Certified CINERGY® Conflict Coach at www.dovetailresolutions.com and https://www.linkedin.com/in/janebeddall/. Enjoy the show for free on your favorite podcast app or on the podcast website: https://craftingsolutionstoconflict.com/ 

Did you know that there are five conflict resolution strategies? Even if the difficult person isn't willing to learn them, you should. Having multiple options you can present will increase the chance you can come to a mutually agreeable solution.   Website: https://www.changemyrelationship.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChangeMyRelationship YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@changemyrelationship Watch this video on YouTube: https://youtu.be/MeTv_-GwUNM

How can you hold someone accountable for better performance without creating defensiveness, unnecessary drama, or more conflict?When performance falls short, effective leadership starts with communication skills that create clarity, encourage ownership, and keep the conversation focused on results. In this episode, you'll learn a practical four-part system for accountability conversations that helps you address performance issues, strengthen productivity, and support earlier conflict resolution without getting pulled into arguments or assumptions.After listening, you'll be equipped to:• Establish clear expectations and check for understanding before turning a performance problem into an accountability issue.• Navigate difficult conversations with observable facts, active listening, curiosity, and questions that invite employees to take ownership of solutions.• Secure commitment by confirming the solution, preventing miscommunication, and scheduling a specific time to follow up on progress.Play the episode to gain practical leadership skills and specific language you can use to make your next accountability conversation clearer, more productive, and more human-centered.Be sure to pay attention to:02:02 – Check for clarity before correcting performance. Before you start an accountability conversation, find out whether the person truly understands the desired outcome, why it matters, and what success requires. You may discover that clearer expectations can prevent unnecessary performance problems.06:37 – Stick to observable facts, not assumptions. See how to address a performance or behavior issue by describing exactly what you observed instead of labeling someone's attitude or intentions. This communication skill helps you keep the conversation grounded and reduce defensiveness.09:29 – Give people space to share their perspective. When you ask what's going on, resist the urge to fill an uncomfortable silence. Giving someone time to think can uncover important context and help you respond to the real issue rather than your assumptions.17:49 – Stop arguing with excuses and shift to solutions. Instead of debating every reason someone gives for poor performance, ask how they can meet the expectation despite normal obstacles. You'll keep accountability focused on problem solving, ownership, and better performance.Leadership Without Using Your Soul podcast offers insightful discussions on leadership and management, focusing on essential communication skills, productivity, teamwork, delegation, and feedback to help leaders navigate various leadership styles, management styles, conflict resolution, time management, and active listening while addressing challenges like overwhelm, burnout, work-lifebalance, and problem-solving in both online and in-person teams, all aimed at cultivating human-centered leadership qualities that promote growth and success.

What if someone had actually taught you how to have a great relationship? While Sex and the Psyche takes a short production break, we're bringing back some of the conversations our listeners connected with most. In this Encore Episode, we revisit our conversation with Zach and Sally Maxwell and explore The Relationship Framework Nobody Taught You. Relationships don't come with an instruction manual. Most of us learn how to communicate, navigate conflict, build intimacy, and stay connected by trial and error—and sometimes by making a whole lot of mistakes along the way. Zach and Sally offer a fresh perspective on the skills and framework that can help couples better understand each other, communicate more effectively, and create a stronger, more connected relationship. Whether you heard this conversation the first time around or you're discovering it for the first time, this is one worth revisiting. Take another listen, share it with someone you love, and remember: a better relationship starts with better conversations. New episodes of Sex and the Psyche return soon. Until then, enjoy this Encore Conversation—and keep your questions coming! Follow us on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok and please DM us with your questions! Guest Information: sally@max-wellcoaching.com https://www.max-wellcoaching.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jeremy Pollack, PhD, argues that most workplace conflicts cannot be resolved by negotiating solutions alone. Before people can solve a problem together, they must first feel understood, respected, and heard. As he explains, conflict resolution has "two parts": "There's care, and then there's solution." When organizations skip the first, they often leave the underlying conflict untouched. Much of the conversation focuses on the psychological needs that drive conflict beneath the surface. Promotions, compensation, authority, and recognition are often the visible issues, but Jeremy explains that they are usually attempts to satisfy more fundamental needs for safety, belonging, positive self-concept, autonomy, engaging activities, and purpose. Identifying which need feels threatened helps leaders address the real source of disagreement instead of debating symptoms. The discussion also examines why some destructive workplace behaviors persist despite feedback or mediation. Jeremy explains that power over others is not a universal human need but may reflect deeper unmet needs for significance, belonging, or security. In these cases, conflict resolution alone is often insufficient. Lasting change requires personal insight and sustained psychological work. Jeremy also revisits Maslow's hierarchy of needs. While he agrees with Maslow's description of human needs, he argues that people pursue them simultaneously rather than in sequence. The conversation explores how unmet needs, including the need for challenge or novelty, can quietly influence career decisions, and why recognizing those patterns allows people to satisfy them in healthier, more deliberate ways. A particularly practical section explains why conflict often feels so personal. Jeremy notes that "our brains are predictive processing machines." Rather than responding only to what another person says or does, we respond to predictions shaped by previous experiences. That helps explain why two people can interpret the same conversation or email in completely different ways. The conversation concludes with a practical approach to reconditioning our response to conflict. Instead of automatically associating disagreement with threat, Jeremy argues that people can learn to approach conflict as an opportunity for learning, understanding, and stronger relationships. He also recommends using AI as a private coach to brainstorm ideas, role-play conversations, and explore different approaches while avoiding AI-generated messages that replace authentic communication. Key insights from this discussion include: Address the relationship before the problem. "There's care, and then there's solution." Look beneath stated demands to identify the psychological need driving the conflict. Many workplace conflicts reflect threatened needs for safety, belonging, autonomy, or esteem rather than the issue people are arguing about. Question your first interpretation. Past experiences often shape present reactions more than current events because "our brains are predictive processing machines." Use AI to prepare for difficult conversations, but rely on your own judgment and voice when communicating with others. Jeremy closes with a hopeful reminder that humans are "wired for peace" more than conflict. While we are capable of defending ourselves when necessary, our strongest biological inclination is toward cooperation, trust, and healthy relationships—provided we create the conditions for them. Get Jeremy's book, Wired for Peace, here: https://tinyurl.com/yh3ke5v5 Claim your free gift: Free gift #1 McKinsey & BCG winning resume www.FIRMSconsulting.com/resumePDF Free gift #2 Breakthrough Decisions Guide with 25 AI Prompts www.FIRMSconsulting.com/decisions Free gift #3 Five Reasons Why People Ignore Somebody www.FIRMSconsulting.com/owntheroom Free gift #4 Access episode 1 from Build a Consulting Firm, Level 1 www.FIRMSconsulting.com/build Free gift #5 The Overall Approach used in well-managed strategy studies www.FIRMSconsulting.com/OverallApproach Free gift #6 Get a copy of Nine Leaders in Action, a book we co-authored with some of our clients: www.FIRMSconsulting.com/gift

In “Conflict Resolution: The Art of Peacemaking,” Bishop Omar Thibeaux teaches from Jasher 31:75–77 and shows how Rebecca gave Jacob wisdom for handling Esau's anger.This message reminds believers that conflict will come, but we do not have to respond with pride, rash words, anger, or escalation. Bishop teaches that peacemaking begins with humility, self-control, kind speech, and the willingness to seek peace instead of trying to win every argument.Yahshua said peacemakers shall be called the children of God. This sermon is a call to spiritual maturity, healthier relationships, and a life that reflects the peace of the Father.

What if 20 simple questions could help you reconnect, reduce resentment, improve communication, strengthen emotional intimacy, and even improve your sex life?In this fun, relaxed Tuesday episode of the Ultimate Intimacy Podcast with Nick & Amy, we're sharing our honest opinions, experiences, laughs, and what we believe can make a huge difference in your marriage.We're walking through our Weekly Marriage Meeting... 20 questions designed to help couples check in with each other before small issues become big problems.We talk about everything from:What went well in your marriage this week?What stress are you carrying that your spouse may not know about?How can your spouse better support you this week?Are you on the same page financially?What needs to be planned in your schedule?How would you rate your intimate life?What made you laugh together?What is one thing you can improve together?What are you grateful for about your spouse?And here's the big reason we think this matters:How can something get better if you're not talking about it?This isn't about pointing fingers, keeping score, or starting an argument. It's about creating a safe space to say, “This is how I'm feeling. This is what I need. How can we work on this together?”We've also created a FREE printable Weekly Marriage Meeting so you can actually do this with your spouse. Print it, save it to your phone, and try it for the next two weeks. Download HERE.You might be surprised by what your spouse says.And you might discover that the conversation you've been avoiding is actually the conversation your marriage needs most.Download the free printable and keep the conversation going at UltimateIntimacy.com.And if these conversations get you talking again, take it even further with the free Ultimate Intimacy app, packed with conversation starters, games, quizzes, and resources designed to help couples reconnect emotionally, physically, and intimately.Because you can't improve what you aren't willing to talk about.

Listen to Biblical Conflict Resolution - Part 2 with Pastor Kevin Shindoll from Sunday, July 26, 2026.Love is our Why. Join Us Online at 10/11 AM on Sundays and 7:30 PM on Wednesdays. To give online, visit wayoflife.church/give or text the word GIVE to 817-382-3270, click the link, and follow the prompts. If you need prayer, visit wayoflife.church/connect so we can pray for you.

"The first negotiation is actually a negotiation I have with myself about my own story."Before you can have hard conversations with others, you need to have an honest conversation with yourself. That's the counterintuitive advice from Sheila Heen, a Harvard Law School lecturer and co-author of Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most, who says our own internal narratives often derail our attempts at negotiation and conflict resolution. In this episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart , Heen joins Matt Abrahams to explore effective communication in high-stakes situations. From giving and receiving feedback with her “ACE” framework (Appreciation, Coaching, and Evaluation) to recognizing the "degrees of difficulty" in disagreements, she offers practical strategies for having productive conversations even when emotions run high.Key Takeaways:Difficult conversations start with understanding yourself. Before trying to change someone else's mind, examine your own assumptions, emotions, and goals to create space for a more productive dialogue.Curiosity turns conflict into collaboration. Replacing blame with genuine questions and focusing on understanding rather than convincing helps build trust, reduce defensiveness, and move conversations forward.Activity:Decode feedback. The next time someone asks for feedback, don't answer immediately. Implement the ACE framework. First ask: "Are you looking for appreciation, coaching, or evaluation?" Then tailor your response to match what they actually needEpisode Reference Links:Sheila HeenSheila's Book: Difficult ConversationsEp. 204 Tough Talks: Turn Tension Into Trust Connect:Premium Signup >>>> Think Fast Talk Smart PremiumEmail Questions & Feedback >>> hello@fastersmarter.ioEpisode Transcripts >>> Think Fast Talk Smart WebsiteNewsletter Signup + English Language Learning >>> FasterSmarter.ioThink Fast Talk Smart >>> LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTubeMatt Abrahams >>> LinkedIn Chapters:(00:00) - Introduction (01:40) - Facing Difficult Conversations (03:53) - The Feelings Beneath Conflict (07:02) - The Stories We Tell Ourselves (08:19) - Start with the Third Story (09:59) - The Power of Questions (12:36) - Breaking an Impasse (16:15) - The Language of Curiosity (17:12) - Feedback That Lands (20:18) - Asking for Better Feedback (22:38) - Looking Beneath the Surface (24:15) - The Final Three Questions (31:30) - Conclusion ********Thank you to our sponsors.  These partnerships support the ongoing production of the podcast, allowing us to bring it to you at no cost.Unleash your Superhuman potential with AI that meets you where you work. Learn more at superhuman.comJoin our Think Fast Talk Smart Learning Community and become the communicator you want to be.