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JENN WHITMER

creating positive culture with complex people

May 13, 2020

Hard Conversations

Clutching the phone, my thumb hit call before my nerve evaporated.

This conversation would be challenging and vulnerable. My palms were sweaty, & I was scared.

My brain knows conflict is an opportunity for growth and connection.

My emotions, however, hear air raid sirens.🚨🚨

I don’t dive headlong into conflict. I overlook and move past quite a bit.

Yet when a relationship is broken and a wall grows ever-taller between us, I know it’s time to have the hard conversation my emotions would rather avoid.

During the conversation, there were many moments of mini-bravery.

Choosing to believe the best.

Asking open questions.

Sharing deep scars and context. 

Listening to other perspectives.

Owning my emotions & feeling them.

Setting boundaries.

Asking for what I need.

Apologies.

Forgiveness.

Peace.

Healthy conflict is not a tug of war with someone’s face in the dirt and the other standing alone. Rather, it’s rock climbing with a partner and triumphantly reaching the summit together.

Neither is easy. Only one brings you together.

Healthy conflict is not a tug of war with someone’s face in the dirt and the other standing alone. Rather, it’s rock climbing with a partner and triumphantly reaching the summit together.

Whenever I work through conflict or coach others through it, I am constantly amazed that we really are more connected in the end.

That’s my job: helping people become more connected and whole.

How to have a hard conversation conflict resolution enneagram coach

I’m offering a free webinar next week on How to Have a Hard Conversation.

☑How to start the hard conversation.

☑How to listen and express yourself (with tips for each Enneagram type).

☑How to reach connected closure.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Thurs, May 14, and Sat, May 16.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀Making peace is messy business. I’d love to walk with you through it.

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