LEARN WITH ME
Turn Conflict
Into Connection
Conflict is inevitable, but the real test of character is how we choose to handle it. Are you tired of avoiding conflict? Letting conflicts escalate and damage your relationships? Learn how to mindfully manage conflicts effectively and transform your relationships to experience more connection.
ENROLL NOWTHE COST OF CONFLICT IN RELATIONSHIPS
Why is Conflict Uncomfortable?
Conflict triggers strong emotions and feelings of defensiveness
Reacting defensively creates a cycle of blame and shame where nothing gets resolved. Getting stuck in this pattern slowly erodes trust in the relationship overtime. Toxic patterns, such as emotional outbursts, can create a psychologically unsafe environment.
Poor communication skills can lead to painful misunderstandings
Poor communication is one of the top three reasons of divorce in the United States. Recurring conflicts can erode trust between people, making it harder and harder to rebuild.
Past experiences can hinder your ability to manage conflict
Many people avoid conflict because of past negative experiences they have had. Carrying past experiences into new experiences keeps you and your relationships limited. This baggage prevents you from growing as a person and getting the connection you desire from your relationships.
Avoiding conflict can heighten anxiety and build resentment
While avoidance can sometimes be helpful, using it as your main conflict strategy can do more harm than good. When conflict is not resolved it can lead to feelings of resentment, slowly deteriorating your relationship with others and yourself.
What's Inside the Course?
DIFFICULTY LEVEL: Beginner to intermediate
PREREQUISITE: None
OBJECTIVE: Mindfully manage conflict
By the End of the Course
You Will Be Able to:
01
Identify conflict before it escalates and spirals
02
Choose the best conflict style for each situation
03
Break the cycle of unhealthy conflict patterns
04
Choose more mindful language in the heat of the moment
05
Mindfully listen and adapt to the needs of others
06
Collaborate to reach meaningful solutions
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Mindful Conflict Management
Become a mindful communicator when conflict arises in your life.
No more holding in your emotions or shying away from conflict. Allow yourself to have healthier relationships and more meaningful connections.
Interpersonal
The tools and strategies in this course are grounded in interpersonal communication research and emotion science.
Mindfulness
The pillars of mindfulness act as a guide for examining yourself and how you are currently showing up in your life.
Application
Each of the teachings will have an activity to help you with applying it to your life. This is where real change happens.
Here's what you'll learn
Everything You Need to
Manage Conflict Mindfully
MODULE 01
Anatomy of Conflict
In this section, you will learn the nature of conflict and its components. This understanding will help you to better manage the conflict as it arises.
MODULE 02
Conflict Styles & Unhealthy Patterns
Knowing the different conflict styles will help you choose a strategy for different scenarios. Recognizing unhealthy patterns will give you the power to adopt different choices.
MODULE 03
Intense Emotions & the Body
Becoming aware of how our body responds in conflict can help us be more proactive and less reactive. Leading to more mindful decision making.
MODULE 04
Mindful Communication & Language
Use mindful communication tools to express your thoughts and emotions to resolve conflict in your relationships. We will break down language and specific tactics.
MODULE 05
Listening Responses & Apologies
Demonstrate different listening responses and recognize the needs of others during conflict. This module will also teach you how to properly apologize and make repairs.
MODULE 06
Creating Solutions Together
Learn how to suggest solutions and increase collaboration. In addition, you will learn how to assess if solutions are working for both parties.
How does this sound?
Knowing how to mindfully manage conflict will...
- Allow you to express your emotions and needs in a way that cultivates connection
- Reprogram old beliefs about conflict that are keeping you stuck
- Create a deeper trust in your relationships
- Enable you to make better decisions with your new ability to see things from multiple perspectives
- Empower you to not take people's unconscious behavior personally
- Be able to bring yourself back down from an emotionally heightened state
- Give you the ability to make amends in relationships needing healing
ENROLL NOW
Ready to Turn Conflict into Connection?
LIMITED TIME BONUS
Meditations for Stress
Life can feel stressful and sometimes we don't know what to do with that stress. Get grounded with meditations meant to manage stress. All files are downloadable so you can keep them on your mobile device. Making them accessible wherever you go!
ENROLL NOW →A NOTE FOR YOU
The missing piece to healthier, deeper relationships.
From my experience, I think it is safe to assume you have not had any formal training on how to manage conflict mindfully. Most people learn how to manage conflict based on what their caregivers told them and showed them in their household. You then unconsciously carry these ideas and patterns into your adult relationships. The most common obstacles I hear about conflict in relationships are:
- It's easier to avoid it, not rocking the boat.
- I'm scared that talking about it will make things worse
- I get easily triggered and my emotional outbursts do more harm than good
- Conflict is bad and I need to eliminate it from my relationships
I understand, I used to feel the same way about conflict. There was no middle ground for me, I either avoided it completely or went in ready for a fight. Neither gave me the resolution I was looking for.
It wasn't until I learned how to...
implement mindful communication skills that I began to have more meaningful connections. Humans are rather predictable (including you and I), we are all generally looking for the same things:
- To be seen, validated
- To be appreciated, valued
- To be accepted, loved
- To feel safe, secure
You cannot have these things if you are unable to manage the conflict in your relationships. Whether it be with your spouse, your kids, your friends, your coworkers...many of the core issues are the same.
I hope you'll join me in this course. It's the gateway to more meaningful relationships and connection in your life. After all, your relationships are limited by your ability to manage conflict mindfully.
I'm Ready to Mindfully Manage Conflict!THE RIGHT FIT
Who is this course for?
This is for you if:
- You want to feel confident addressing conflict in your relationships and your life.
- You want to increase your ability to share your emotions in a way that creates connection.
- You want to break out of toxic patterns of communication and behavior in your relationships.
This is not for you if:
- You are not ready to take accountability for your emotions, thoughts, and actions.
- You are not ready for more connection and healthier relationships.
- You are not ready to do the work it will take to reprogram your mind to communicate more mindfully.
Sneak Peak Webinar
Still unsure if this course is a good fit for you? Attend a FREE webinar about destructive patterns in conflict and learn quick tips you can apply right away. If you enjoy the information you learn at the webinar, then you will love how much deeper the course "Conflict to Connection" will take you.
Attend the WebinarCourse Syllabus
Course Overview
module 01
The Anatomy
of Conflict
You will learn the nature of conflict and its components. This understanding will help you to better manage the conflict.
MODULE 02
Conflict Styles & Unhealthy Patterns
Knowing conflict styles and unhealthy patterns can help disrupt unconscious patterns. Allowing change to occur.
MODULE 03
Intense Emotions
& the Body
Becoming aware of how our body responds in conflict can help us be more proactive and less reactive. Leading to more mindful decision making.
MODULE 04
Mindful Communication & Language
Finally feel confident to express your thoughts and emotions to resolve conflict in your relationships.
MODULE 05
Listening Responses & Apologies
Demonstrate different listening responses and recognize the needs of others during conflict. Provide apologies as needed.
MODULE 06
Creating Solutions Together
Implement mindful strategies for solutions and collaboration. In addition, learn how to follow up after making a change.
MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Melanie Whitney
Melanie Whitney has been a Communication Studies Professor for over a decade, teaching students how to mindfully communicate in their relationships. In 2018, she started the Institute For Empowerment, creating training and coaching programs for mindful living and leadership. Melanie’s work has taken her work around the world – speaking on stages for TEDx, LinkedIn, and the United States military. Her mission is to teach busy professionals how to integrate more mindfulness into their communication and mindset so they can enjoy healthier relationships.
Unique Experience
- Interpersonal Communication Professor
- Trauma Informed Based Teachings
- Mindful Meditation Teacher