Positively Conflicted: Engaging with Courage Compassion and Wisdom in a Combative World

Most of us have a messy relationship with conflict. When confronted with it our fight-or-flight response kicks in and we either rush into battle or back away. By defaulting to one of these options however we risk damaging ties to people we care about opening ourselves up to future retaliation or allowing resentments to fester.Positively Conflicted invites us to reexamine our instinctive and often destructive reactions to conflict. With decades of experience in mediation Sam Ardery doesnt offer advice on how to win every fight nor does he promise a one-size-fits-all solution to complex issues that defy them. Instead he presents a different perspective-one that enables us to engage with conflict in novel and courageous ways. Readers will learn to ...Reconsider preconceived notions about fairnessListen-really listenRespond in counterintuitive waysSelf-advocate without being combativeFull of stories from the authors own life and the mediations hes facilitated Positively Conflicted shows us how conflict can be productive-even nourishing-when approached with curiosity kindness and openness.