Creating a Framework We Can Rely On for Difficult Conversations

Let's face it...it's a lot easier to handle the tough stuff when you know how to craft a response that works.

Are you struggling to approach a tough conversation you’ve been dreading for weeks? It happens to the best of us. No one wants to tell their partners bad news, or confront someone they love about something that’s bothering them. All the same, that’s exactly what we have to do if we want to thrive in these relationships.

When things go wrong, the only thing to do is talk about it. You have to tell your partner that you want to leave. Maybe you’ve got to tell a parent that they’re no longer welcome in your life. Whatever it is, tough conversations is how we get to the other side of the drama and the trauma. But that’s a mess in its own that we often struggle to navigate…

Creating a framework for difficult conversations.

The truth of the matter is that we can actually do a lot of ground work when it comes to preparing ourselves for hard dialogue in our relationships. Charging into a room and spewing uncomfortable emotions isn’t a path to resolution or repair. This only comes from flexing our social muscles and verbally communicating when the crossroads is reached.

We do this by creating a framework for ourselves. Different from “scripts” these frameworks are styles of approach we take when it comes to organizing our thoughts and communicating them to others.