Anger: Creating Space
There’s so much to explore about anger; it’s a big emotion with the potential for very big consequences when left unchecked. Being angry can take a lot out of us, as well as the people around us. Let’s face it…we…
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Moving forward – with ‘feedforward’
After exploring the various components of feedback, including giving feedback and seeking it out, we know that it can be productive, informative and usually helpful, particularly when the motivation behind it is sincere. While it’s often good to reflect on…
Seeking Feedback
Seeking out feedback is something that we do quite often, but usually in informal settings such as at dinner parties asking how the dessert we made tasted, or inquiring how we look in a new outfit. Usually, the responses to…
Giving Feedback
We all recognize that giving feedback to others can definitely be tricky – even on a good day we may struggle with communication barriers, big emotions, or just not finding the right technique to talk to a specific individual. Although…
Self-Confidence & Self-Assurance
In this series on self-confidence, we’ve learned that not only is it a multifaceted, sometimes elusive quality we aspire to have in the perfect amount, but that it’s also a key element to living our best lives and accomplishing the…
Self-Confidence & Determination
A thorough discussion of self-confidence cannot be complete without exploring our own sense of determination, and how we motivate ourselves. Our confidence and determination are often interdependent; feeling good about ourselves has a lot to do with our ability to…
Conflict Resolution: Collaborate & Problem Solve
Although we know that conflict is a natural part of life, it doesn’t diminish the fact that conflicts can take a lot of energy out of us and put us into situations (and moods) we just aren’t comfortable with. As…
Conflict Resolution: Compromise / Reconcile
Although we can’t escape conflict, we can certainly manage it, or at least improve on our methods to do so. We know that there are several ways to deal with disagreements or conflict, and they vary in the amount of…
Conflict Resolution – Smooth / Accommodate
Resolving conflicts is rarely easy but having a range of tools to use that fit the various situations is how we get better at dealing with each situation. We know that avoiding or withdrawing from conflict works in some instances,…
Conflict Resolution – Withdraw / Avoid
We are all very different, so it’s only natural that we think and see things differently. This often leads to conflict, which is a fact of life since we work, live, play and interact with others in our daily lives.…