How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships Before It's Too Late with Jayson Gaddis

<p class="p1">Don’t lie, you know you avoid conflict.</p> <p class="p1">Conflicts in our closest relationships are scary because so much is at stake—if the conflict doesn't end well, we could lose our marriage, our family, or our job. <span class= "s1">Most common guidance on conflict resolution focuses on resolving the conflict while overlooking the dynamic of the relationship that created it.</span> But that common guidance doesn’t work, because that old cliché, <em>it’s not you; it’s me,</em> well it’s actually true.</p> <p class="p1"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/131998/1_7aCH0-TUPY6T11VDbIueOw.jpeg" alt="" width="300" height="300" /></p> <p class="p1"><strong>In this episode we talk with Jayson Gaddis.</strong> He is a global leader on interpersonal conflict, a <a href= "https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/utvACKr75rHB8mZoSky3-1?domain=zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me"> <span class="s2">popular podcaster</span></a>, and founder of <a href= "https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/Ik_HCL9159HmN4lWsYPIVL?domain=zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me"><span class="s2">The Relationship School</span></a>, an organization dedicated to helping individuals, couples, and teams get to the bottom of their deepest conflicts. Gaddis shares the <strong>street-level relationship skills that are not taught in school</strong> and he demonstrates exactly how we can get to zero—which means we have successfully worked through our conflict and have nothing in the way of a good connection.</p> <p class="p1"><img src= "https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/show/131998/mask_quote.png" alt= "" width="300" height="300" /></p> <p class="p1">His book <a href= "https://protect-us.mimecast.com/s/OE08CM8K58SRxWvrHqxMY_?domain=zwly9k6z.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me"> <span class="s2"><strong>GETTING TO ZERO: How to Work Through Conflict in Your High-Stakes Relationships,</strong></span></a> explores how looking inside yourself opens the door to see why conflict emerged in the first place, along with how to take responsibility for your role in th