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How to Have *Healthy* Conflict with Amanda Ripley (Best Of)
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351. How to Have *Healthy* Conflict with Amanda Ripley 
Conflict expert and investigative journalist, Amanda Ripley, is back to give us a conflict resolution 101 guide and delve into some real-life examples from Abby and Glennon’s relationship. 
Discover: 
-The best way to diffuse a high-conflict person from going further;
-The binary thinking that makes fighting with a spouse feel so painful–plus, the antidote;
-How to disagree while still holding someone else’s perspective; and
-Why it’s important to know your shame responses in order to have better conflicts.
For the first part of our conversation, check out ⁠Episode 330 Handling Conflict Right with Amanda Ripley⁠.
About Amanda: 
Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist and author. Her most recent book is ⁠High Conflict⁠, which chronicles how people get trapped by conflicts of all kinds—and how they get out. Her previous books include The Unthinkable, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a New York Times bestseller which was also turned into a documentary film.
IG: ⁠@ripleywriter⁠ ⁠@thegoodconflict
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