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Not every conflict is yours to carry

Someone asked me on a call recently how I approach conflict. She was really asking about communities. How do you build a culture where conflicts get worked through, instead of set aside until they harden? I do not think I gave her the answer she expected, because I did not start where she started. Before …

Peacebuilding When We Disagree (Podcast)

Click here to listen to the full interview! With election season 2020 behind us, there’s a lot of talk from winning candidates about opposing …

Unpack This!

Heartful responses to microaggressions

Making Sense of These Times (Video)

In this live-streamed conversation, I discuss the opportunities that NVC provides for understanding and transforming racism.

When Someone Comes to Argue

Reading the fight that is not about the room Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 5 of 5 This is the …

When Wisdom Becomes a Way of Taking Over

Reading the help that takes over the room Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 4 of 5 This is the fourth …

When Discomfort Goes Looking for Relief

Reading who ends up holding the comfort Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 3 of 5 This is the third article …

You Don’t Know What You’re Talking About

Four Black elders, one graduation, and what they came to witness On graduation morning, I arrived at seven o’clock, for doors that would …

When One Person’s Need Becomes the Group’s

Reading what is actually moving when one person’s need shapes the room Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 2 of 5 …

When Pain Finally Has a Place to Land

Reading the pain that has been waiting Different Currents Under the Same Surface · Article 1 of 5 In a course I taught …

When the Language of Inclusion Becomes the Language of Retreat

On the Soft Reframes That Protect the Actor Microaggression Series When I started writing about microaggressions, I expected pushback. The version I was …

On Facilitation, Self-Forgiveness, and Who We Ask to Carry Our Repair

Microaggression Series · Part 3 A note on this piece: the email quoted in this article is used with the writer’s permission. The …

“But Did It Really Happen?”

The Receiver’s Dilemma When Harm Goes UnacknowledgedPart 2 of 2 MICROAGGRESSION SERIES · TWO-PART SERIES In Part 1 of this series, we looked …
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