How to Deal With Energy Vampires and Negative People Without Losing Yourself
Learn how to deal with energy vampires and negative people without losing yourself. PCM®-based ways to protect your energy and your closest…
Conflict Resolution
Articles about resolving conflict productively without escalating or shutting down.
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Communication Breakdown at Work: What to Do When Your Team Stops Hearing Each Other
Workplace communication breakdowns cost organizations an estimated $12,506 per employee per year (SHRM). But the cost is not just financial. When team…
How to Communicate Without Fighting: What Personality Styles Reveal
Fighting during difficult conversations happens when partners use the wrong communication channel for each other's personality type. A Harmonizer who needs warmth…
How to Talk to Your Teenager Without Arguing: Understanding Their Communication Style
Arguments with teenagers escalate because parents and teens often have different personality-based communication styles, and neither knows how to bridge the gap.…
How the Do-Over Can Save Your Relationship From Miscommunication
Learn the communication do-over in relationships: a simple repair tool that helps couples fix miscommunication, assume positive intent, and reconnect.
Why Couples Argue About the Same Things (and How to Break the Cycle)
Repetitive arguments are not about the topic. They are about unmet communication needs. When couples fight about dishes, money, or in-laws for…
Why Your Partner Becomes a Different Person During Arguments
You know the version of your partner who laughs at your jokes, plans weekend trips, and makes you feel like the most…
How to Navigate Family Drama During the Holidays Without Losing Your Mind
Dreading holiday family conflict at the dinner table? Learn PCM® boundaries, grief rituals, and how to protect your peace without losing your…
Are You Stuck in the Drama Triangle? How to Break Free From Unhealthy Conflict Patterns
Stuck in the same fight on repeat? A couples therapist breaks down the drama triangle in relationships and the healthy alternative that…
Why Is Compromise So Hard in Relationships? A Therapist’s Guide to the Art of Compromise
Why is compromise in relationships so hard? A Wichita couples therapist shares the pride-versus-peace shift that helps partners stop fighting to be…
Why Does My Partner Get So Angry Over Small Things? Understanding the Thinker Personality in Distress
Why does your partner get angry over small things? Understand the Thinker personality in distress and the sadness hiding under the anger,…
Why Does My Kid Blame Everyone Else? Understanding the Rebel Personality in Children
Does your child blame others for everything? Learn why the Rebel personality shifts blame and get playful strategies to end the power…
Why Can’t I Express Anger Without Exploding? The People-Pleaser’s Guide to Healthy Conflict
Passive aggressive behavior in relationships often hides unspoken anger. A couples therapist explains how people-pleasers can express needs without exploding.
Why Is My Teenager So Difficult? What Brain Science Says About Parenting Adolescents
Your teen's brain is under construction. A therapist's guide to parenting teenagers and brain development: natural consequences, and coaching over controlling.
Why Am I Always the One Who’s Wrong? How Both/And Thinking Transforms Relationships
Tired of feeling like the one who is always wrong? See how both/and thinking helps relationships hold two truths at once and…
Why Do I Keep Having the Same Fight With My Partner? Understanding Distress Patterns
Stuck arguing about the same thing again and again? Learn what fuels recurring relationship conflict and how spotting distress patterns breaks the…