Courageous Conversations: How Your Conflict Style Shapes Every Difficult Conversation

S9E41 - Courageous Conversations: How Your Conflict Style Shapes Every Difficult Conversation

Published: April 16, 2026

Duration: 55:33

What if the conversations you're avoiding… are actually the doorway to the relationships you want?

In this replay from our Courageous Conversations series, I sit down with conflict resolution expert James Guinn to explore a truth most of us would rather sidestep: conflict isn't the problem—our style of engaging it is.

Together, we unpack the hidden patterns that shape how you show up when tension rises—whether you withdraw, accommodate, compete, analyze, or collaborate—and how those instincts, often wired beneath your awareness, quietly drive the outcomes of your hardest conversations.

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