As part of the Weave Learning Center’s Facilitating Groups module, we invite you to share your reflections on the “What to do when things get hard” activity.
We all have been through a conversation that became difficult. There is a lot we can learn from sharing our stories and hearing what others have done or wish they could have done. We invite you to use this space to share your reflections.
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One major learning I've received in difficult conversations is my tendency to close down or defend when conflict arises. I need to be alert to this tendency and challenge myself to stay with the conversation when I sense it rising up. Another learning is the freedom to choose how I see a hard conversation. I can choose the perspective of seeing it as an unpleasant exchange or as an opportunity to learn.
I have learned that it is helpful to be an observer of the conversation, even when a participant, which allows me to stay curious and interested in the other and direct my personal investment to our relationship rather than to my participation and position.
