Episodes
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Get Stronger with Every Struggle
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Sunday Jul 12, 2020
Hang in there, people say. You'll get through it. But I want you to do more than get through: I want you to struggle hard enough to get stronger. Struggle is a part of life but holding on until you find the gift in struggle is a choice. Learn more in my new book, Resilience: Grow Stronger in a Time of Crisis.
Saturday Sep 17, 2016
Meeting Resistance
Saturday Sep 17, 2016
Saturday Sep 17, 2016
We frequently meet resistance from people we live with, work with, want to maintain a relationship with. When we do, our flow is interrupted and we experience a moment of confusion. Then our natural response is to mirror the resistance we are meeting. The result is that our resistance builds their resistance and we both get stuck.
A better strategy is to let the surprise you feel when you meet resistance slingshot you out to a bigger picture, where you can see yourself and the other person in your situation. From way out there, you are less tempted to mirror the resistance and more tempted to explore what just happened. When you notice you are feeling curiosity, you can drop down into the other person's experience to uncover possible motivations that are driving their attention and engagement (not necessarily their resistance). Then you're ready to get back into your own skin and mirror the motivation (not the resistance). This allows you to amplify the desire to get moving (that's what motivation is) and look for new ways forward together.
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