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From Conflict to Unity
Conflict between friends is really hard! I get so anxious when I’m in conflict with anyone. It makes my heart race and my panic rise. Maybe it’s the recovering people-pleaser in me, or maybe it’s fear of doing something wrong or hurting someone I care about. No matter how you react to conflict, it’s no…
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Communicate Communicate Communicate
Do you ever get into arguments with your friends and not know how to resolve them? Or do you try to avoid arguments at all costs, even to the extent of saying things that you don’t believe just to try to keep the peace, all the while becoming bitter and hardened towards your friend? Or…
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To Resolve or To Not
In a previous post, I used group development theory in relation to forming friendships. I talked about the stage of storming. Conflict is inevitable in friendship. No, that’s not pessimistic talk, it’s just realistic. Even in a solid, 10 year long friendship, there’s going to be conflict. Even in your grandparents’ 60-something marriage, there is…