Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most

Am I competent? Am I a good person? Am I worthy of love?

And however it goes, you should have follow-up conversations to check in and, if necessary, look for new ways to cope.

be persistent in redirecting him away from blame.

Avoiding the First Mistake: Disentangle Impact and Intent

I just want to offer a different angle on this blame question.

We Have Different Interpretations

They Have Limitations Too.

The problem is that things don’t change, because each is waiting for the other to change.

What we are saying does make sense. What’s often hard to see is that what the other person is saying also makes sense.