Mending Fractured Relationships

Mending Fractured Relationships

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Dealing with complexity, manipulation and trust

Reader Poll

What team are you on?

Everything is scrambled; the world is topsy turvy

Listening for values

Are you angry?

How do you know whom to trust?

Why talking across the political divide is so hard

Listening for emotions

What can I do when a person has shut me out of their life?

Ultimatums don’t work

The platinum rule

Is it safe to have this conversation?

Avoid saying things that backfire

Before you say anything, THINK

Are you an expert?

My personal story of a fractured relationship

Changing my process

Shaming doesn’t convince anyone.

What is the outcome you want from a conversation?

Imagine the person as your favorite animal or a baby

Assume good intentions

Hope

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