On today’s episode of the Therapy Thursday podcast, Chelsea looks at boundaries around difficult conversations and provides some strategies for navigating such conversations.
Episode Highlights:
- The choice to engage or not engage in difficult conversations
- Some tools to help navigate them
- How to handle ‘blow ups’
- Preparing for these situations
Quotes:
“Your boundaries get to include whether or not you would actually even like to engage in conversations with different people.”
“No one gets to judge you on where you’re at in your life.”
“Whether you choose to engage in a difficult conversation or just let it be, that is completely and 100% up to you.”
“The intent in having these conversations should never just be to prove someone wrong.”
“Try to find some common ground.”
“You can always keep directing the conversation lighter.”
“This does not apply to racist, bigoted relatives.”
“People…can get really upset by you setting a boundary…it doesn’t mean that you’ve done anything wrong.”
Links:
More Therapy Thursday Episodes: https://ataleoftwohygienists.com/therapythursday/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel One homepage: http://dentalpodcastnetworkchannelone.otcpn.libsynpro.com/
The Dental Podcast Network Channel Two homepage:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dental-podcast-networks-channel-two/id1478530429
