by Lorraine Segal | Jun 16, 2019
“Catch and Release”–a concept that can help us navigate conflict better. I heard someone at a community meeting use the term “catch and release” to describe how they turn their own thoughts from negative to positive. It struck me immediately that...
by Lorraine Segal | Aug 20, 2018
It sounds counter intuitive, but Inaction or avoidance can be a viable way of dealing with workplace conflict. When I teach introductory classes about managing conflict, I usually have students take a conflict styles inventory. Learning about your own style and...
by LorraineSegal | Apr 16, 2013
I read recently about a beautiful example of forgiveness for a wrong that happened 50 years before. Elwin Wilson had been a white supremacist, and one of the mob who, in 1961, severely beat up Freedom Riders demonstrating for integration and African Americans’...
by LorraineSegal | Jan 23, 2012
By remembering our younger selves, can we heal bitterness and estrangement in our present relationships? This is the theme of the novel, What Alice Forgot, by Liane Moriarty. As the novel begins, Alice falls and hits her head during a spinning class, and wakes up...
