The Beauty of Conflict

Merging science and meditation helps conflict resolution by increasing mindful communication and decreasing suffering.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie talks with Nicole Tetreault about the benefits of meditation and how it builds new neural pathways. Nicole also talks about her book, “Insight Into A Bright Mind,” which promotes a new dialogue about neurodiversity and advocates for embracing all types of minds.

Listen to this episode and learn from a neuroscientist’s perspective about mindfulness and neurodiversity in conflict!

Communications and leadership can upgrade by balancing digital and human elements.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan sits down with Katrin Zimmermann to talk about digital transformation, communication challenges in the workplace, and technology’s impact on human interactions. 

Listen to this episode and learn some tips to navigate digital transformation and leadership in the post-pandemic era!

How does one create behavioral change to support growth?

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Michelle Handy, senior behavioral scientist and user researcher, about influencing behavior change in teams and product development. In this conversation, Michelle explains the Construal Level Theory to align behavior with long-term goals.

Listen to this episode about the many applications of behavioral science when working with product development and working teams!

Everyone's brain operates differently; what if we consider this in the workplace?

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Jessica Michaels, an award-winning coach, speaker, and management training expert, about neurodiversity in business. She starts from the lessons she has gathered from her experience about the spectrum and how they reflect leadership and inclusion. She also gives some information about her upcoming book “One Size Fits None,” and advises listeners to check their assumptions and consciously break out of patterns to improve workplace settings for everyone.

Listen to this episode to learn how to make the workplace a neuro-inclusive environment!

Climbing up the ladder is about working smarter, not harder.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Jill Avey about her work supporting women who want to reach higher in the corporate world while navigating gender bias. Jill also breaks down the benefits of healthy conflict and networking for women’s influence, confidence, and assertiveness at work. 

Listen to this episode and learn tips to boost your corporate career as a woman!

Who runs the world? MOMS! 

When they thrive, the world wins; they sometimes need a few breaks. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie chat with Shonda Moralis about how mindfulness practices help busy moms create a life balance. She explains what to check within oneself, how to recognize one’s patterns, and how to practice daily to grow toward a balanced lifestyle.

Listen to this episode and learn how a little bit of daily mindfulness can go a long way!

Accountability is more than just holding somebody up to a task or behavior; it also entails having a conversation and creating a learning opportunity for both parties.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie dissect what it takes to build an organization's accountability culture. It takes courage and practice, but trust can be built in these hard conversations, and accountability can make a beneficial impact.

Listen to this episode and learn more about how to build a culture of accountability and learning!

Life is a constant reflection exercise, and this time, we are bridging some of our favorite things. 

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, we are diving even deeper into Jill Bolte Taylor’s work relating it to Susan’s Memoir: Crazy, Cracked, Warm, and Deep! In this reflection exercise, Susan relates each of the characters with a part of herself and her memoir. To bring it home, Susan and CrisMarie intertwine their previous conversation with the star-studded and renowned TV show Ted Lasso.

Take a listen and actively do this exercise with your life! 

There are valuable skills to consider when dealing with conflict situations in business teams.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie give the second part of a presentation at the TERRA Staffing Group. This time, they break down the conflict compass to provide tools for individuals and teams to respond in conflict rather than react. They explain how to use curiosity to look within oneself, one’s relationships, and one’s team when dealing with conflict in a way that brings solutions and moves the collective’s goals forward.

Tune in and learn about tools and skills to address team conflict situations!

Team conflict is inevitable, and learning how to work with it instead of diffusing it is key.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie give the first part of a presentation about harnessing a team’s competitive advantage at the TERRA Staffing Group. They discuss the benefits of conflict, common issues employees face within teams, and the three opt-out styles they tend to recur to. 

Tune in and learn about the beauty of conflict in teams and how to reap fruits from it!

Our ego is an integral part of who we are.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the good and bad aspects of the ego, pulling concepts from Jill Bolte Taylor and Joe Dispenza’s work to support their thoughts on managing it in different situations. They share experiences where they’ve felt these connections produce a result in their lives, including Susan’s recent teaming exercise with horses.

Listen to this episode and learn how your brain might affect your ego and how you can control it!

Our brains like rewards and avoid things that make them feel harmed or in danger.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie has an in-depth interview with Dr. Jud Brewer about his work with anxiety and addiction patients through a mindful reward-based learning method that has awareness and curiosity at its core. Dr. Jud explains how he applies these concepts from mindfulness training to target unhealthy habits, deal with anxiety and craving, and build distress tolerance.

Listen to this episode and learn how to use these mindful skills to break free from many habits!

Opting out of conflict is the easiest way out, but it undermines a team's performance.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie break down three common opt-out styles for people to draw upon when tension builds up toward conflict. They describe situations where every opt-out style can come out and their experiences with people within teams that go to these places. These examples help identify such behaviors and learn how to step away into more powerful and influential ways to engage with conflict.

Listen to this episode and learn how to recognize your own opt-out styles and get more power and influence by stepping out of those familiar roads!

People tend to avoid talking about feelings in business, but they are essential in decision-making.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss how locating feelings in the body can help anyone recognize and address any issues that stand in the way of the flow of business and teamwork. They share a location exercise to illustrate how anyone can reclaim their power in a relationship by being more authentic and transparent with their feelings.

Learn more about how mapping out feelings and relationships makes business and teamwork healthier and more efficient!

Let’s dive into the disciplines you can embrace to make your organization healthier.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie break down Patrick Lencioni’s four disciplines of organizational health for you to practice when leading an organization. They explain how building a cohesive leadership team, creating organizational clarity, overcommunicating, and building effective human systems make any organization a healthier work environment.

Learn more about how to apply these four disciplines by tuning in to this episode!

Everything is connected, we are all unique, and all things matter.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Andrea Nakayama, founder and CEO of the Functional Nutrition Alliance, who talks about how she helps people understand what’s going on within their bodies with functional nutrition, precision medicine, omics, and epigenetics.

Tune in to learn more about Andrea’s functional nutrition work!

Meetings are a work team’s playfield.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie break down the three key criteria for a successful meeting: having a collective objective, creating an inclusive space, and embracing conflict. They also speak about the importance of evaluating how a meeting went and measuring it to keep improving.

Tune in to learn from Susan and CrisMarie how to have smart and healthy meetings!

You actually have the choice to be more confident.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Alyssa Dver, CEO & Co-Founder of the American Confidence Institute, who talks about how to use science to help people grow their confidence. She explains what happens in the human brain when faced with fear and how to overwrite these neural pathways.

Tune in to learn tools and steps to take to become more confident!

You can bring your body, mind, and spirit together to live a better life.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie interview Maria Victoria Albina (she/they), who talks about the somatic, cognitive, and breathwork approaches she teaches to have a felt sense of emotions in the body. Maria Victoria talks about expanding one’s window of bodily dignity by pulling from places of discomfort to grow step-by-step. Listeners will be guided through a breathing meditation session and learn about befriending one’s emotions. She also shares information about her program, Anchored: Overcoming Codependency.

Tune in to this episode to learn from Maria Victoria about how different ways to approach one’s emotions can open many new opportunities within oneself for a happier life!

All of us could die tomorrow, so we need to learn how to live.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the idea of responsibility in their lives, what being able to respond means, and being aware of one’s choices.

Listen to this episode and think about how you can respond and advocate for your own life!

Have you identified the scary monsters that are hiding deep within your brain?

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie reflect on Pathways of the Past (POPs). They are automatic and often problematic, stress response mechanisms built upon past experiences ingrained within our brains, which they had already talked about with Annie Hopper in an episode that was part of their Brain Series. As humans, we learn from significant emotional events that happen to us, and if they are negative, our brains are wired to protect us from similar events in the future. However, sometimes these lie behind habitual patterns: in the thoughts, emotions, or behaviors that occur when we’re under a triggering or stressful situation and we may not even notice. Susan and CrisMarie discuss how to identify these POPs, share some steps to take to unhook yourself from them and find new healthier ways to deal with conflict situations.

Tune in to learn more about POPs and how to stop yours from affecting you!

For 2023, Susan and CrisMarie are excited to dive into their own material from a new perspective.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, our hosts kick off the new year by sharing their excitement about working together with Rali, a company with a platform that delivers educational content and experiences to entire organizations, teams, and other corporate customers. Partnering with Rali is a great opportunity for Susan and CrisMarie to bring more of their material to new recipients. They specifically reflect on how to deal with the stress of conflict, as stress impacts not only individuals’ nervous systems but also organizations and communities. Looking into their own material was an opportunity to tie in so many of the things they’ve nurtured from, and worked with over the last year, like Jill Bolte Taylor’s Whole Brain teachings, and other approaches to finding balance within your own nervous system and engaging better with people.

Tune into this episode to kick the year off with Susan and CrisMarie and catch a glimpse of what’s to come!

It’s the most wonderful time to pause, reflect on the highs and lows of the year, and see how we can grow for 2023.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan takes the stand by herself and shares her own reflection on what 2022 was for her. She recaps some of the big global occurrences that happened throughout the year but also dives into her achievements and experiences, talking about the events that affected her, what she’s proud of, and even some that didn’t turn out the way she wanted but she’s still grateful for. She talks about some of the exciting work she and CrisMarie did in this podcast and the heartwarming moments she lived with her family. Susan speaks about a personal mantra and how finding one for the year can give her a clear intention, word, or theme to navigate the new year. Perhaps you can find some inspiration and decide to do the same.

Tune in and let Susan guide you into a reflection you can make about your own year!

It’s the Holiday Season, and we all know the joy doesn’t come without some stress attached. However, “‘tis the season to be jolly” after all. In this Beauty of Conflict episode, Susan and CrisMarie discuss how to shift that stress that will inevitably come to us during this season at the end of the year into gratitude and joy. There are many different types of celebrations and just as many expectations, conversations, reflections, and thoughts that can be stressful. Fortunately, there are many heartfelt, playful things and traditions to engage in during the holiday time. Ask yourself, what brings you back into a sense of joy, balance, or gratitude, and get in touch with it. You’ll notice the results within yourself and all around you.

Tune in and learn how to navigate the stressful side of the holidays and get the most joy and gratitude out of them!

Have you ever said: “This meeting could have been an email”? Okay, well, us too, and there’s nothing more frustrating than meetings that don’t have a clear purpose. In this Beauty of Conflict episode, Susan and CrisMarie discuss work meetings and what to do to make them as effective as possible. They start the conversation by introducing an example of a meeting model companies can adopt. They break down the purpose and characteristics of the four types of meetings of the model: a daily huddle, a weekly tactical, a monthly strategic, and a quarterly offsite. However, it doesn’t just take structure to make each meeting work. Every team member has to understand their strengths and how they can improve or undermine a specific type of meeting, knowing how to participate and what to bring into it. They provide advice to understand teammates, avoid interpersonal clashes, and have clarity in meetings.

Tune in to learn how to have better meetings to get your business done!

Many times it’s risky to ride solo, so why not invite others to come along? In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined by Jocelyn Hastie, an innate leader helping other women increase their self-awareness and create coherence between their values and actions. Jocelyn’s life changed for the better when she moved to the countryside after being diagnosed with cancer. During recovery and working on the farm and her horses, she learned she had given up most of her life to corporate work. She felt inspired to help other women find their way and their authenticity with the lessons she learned. This is how Jocelyn came up with Cowgirl’s Code, a compilation of lessons and values such as courage, balance, and compassionate leadership for a life led by kindness, congruence, and honesty. Finally, they talk about the New Year, New You: The Journey to Authenticity, a two-day women’s event by Jocelyn, with amazing speakers like Susan and CrisMarie, on subjects like connection, forgiveness, and conflict.

Tune in to learn more about the Cowgirl’s Code and women empowering women to be their best selves!

Teams are made of humans, but what truly matters is how the team members interact, structure their work, and view their contributions. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie break down five critical aspects that are important to building a good and successful team. Identified in a research study done by Google, the aspects are Psychological Safety, Dependability, Structure & Clarity, Meaning of Work, and Impact of Work. They discuss what they are, what are some signs that your team might need to improve on any of these, and how to approach them properly. Susan and CrisMarie also touch on some other characteristics that one would think to be critical, such as extroversion, individual performance, and workload size, among others, and explain why they are not to be considered critical.

Tune in to this episode to learn why the key to successful teams is not the perfect combination of its members but the healthy work and interaction dynamics they implement!

You are the perfect starting point when meditating. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie had a very introspective conversation with Dr. Lawrence S. Conlan, a meditator and chiropractor, about how he’s integrating the human experience within transcendental meditation at Passionate Ease, retreats where he shares teachings he’s learned himself from high masters throughout his life. We often think that meditating implies reaching for a spiritual state where we can disconnect from our bodies, but Lawrence explains why starting from being present in our breath, our bodily sensations, and our human experience can expand our perception and create space for grace within our lives. He discusses how using these approaches he teaches, you can look at trauma, ego, shame, and love with different eyes and have personal growth.

Tune in to this episode to listen to this conversation full of wisdom and learn how to connect with your soul starting from the things that make you human!

Michelle Redfern advocates for women’s rights in business and sports, and here’s how! In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie sit down to talk with Michelle Redfern, founder of Advancing Women in Business and Sport about the work she’s doing advocating for diversity, inclusion, and gender equality in sports and in work sites. She starts with recognizing privilege and how those who have it can use empathy and curiosity to take action and bring barriers down for those who don’t. Throughout this conversation, Michelle shares some of her experiences working not only in sports clubs and organizations but also with CEOs, executives, and leaders who are committed to closing the leadership gender gap in their workplaces. She discusses how leaders can become aware of the severity of their gender gap issues and what approaches they can take to overcome them.

Tune in to this episode to learn what women’s lived experiences in business and sports can teach us to improve their workplaces in terms of inclusion, diversity, and equality!

Take your power and your privilege and share them with those who might need them. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined by Gavriella Schuster, an author and advocate for creating spaces where there is diversity, equity, and inclusion. While in a leadership position, she witnessed and recognized many inequalities, injustices, and microaggressions that occur commonly. When she realized that the problem starts within every individual, Gavriella decided to do something about it. Ever since she has undertaken a journey to become a good ally to those who might be subjected to those inequalities, sharing her gained knowledge. In this conversation, she gives an insight into her newest book ALLIES, where she built a framework to identify the appropriate actions to take, to become an ally for those who need one. She shares examples of how to apply these actions to change the culture and language around you to make the environment more inclusive.

Tune in to this episode to learn from Gavriella Schuster how to become a good ally!

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined again by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor, continuing the discussion about the knowledge in her book “Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life.” Picking up from the previous conversation they shared, this time, they discuss how to apply Whole Brain Living once you’ve already identified the four characters in your brain. One needs to spend time looking at the characters' meaning and purpose, as all of them bring valuable contributions when making decisions, including little insecure character two. Dr. Jill speaks about bringing Whole Brain Living to businesses and how her program benefits not only their employees but also leaders. She shares some peeks at her plans with her programs as they are currently on a roll, spreading worldwide.

Tune in to this episode to learn what you can do once you’ve learned about the four characters that drive your life!

It’s time to get yourself fully connected! In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are thrilled to be joined by Annie Thoe, Feldenkrais practitioner, teacher, and Movement Consultant at Sensing Vitality. Annie shares her knowledge about connecting one's awareness with the wisdom of nature and the body for self-healing.

Annie’s life changed after finding a Feldenkrais practitioner that guided her through the healing process of a knee injury. This somatic methodology taught her how to find connections inwards and outwards in her body using concrete exercises to become aware of sensory inputs. Additionally, she talks about how opening up to nature and its wisdom can help people feel embodied, calming their minds. Using different animals and elements as examples, Annie draws parallels between humans and nature that, when recognized, can be a vital source of lessons and learnings.

Tune in to this episode to learn about how we can clear inner conflict within us by using nature’s and our body’s wisdom!

The nervous system is surprisingly far-reaching within us. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are happy to be joined by Irene Lyon, a nervous system expert, to talk about how working with the nervous system can transform trauma to heal one’s body and mind.

Humans, unlike other animals, have a higher brain that has the ability to ignore signals caused by stressful situations or events, but that doesn’t mean they never occurred. Just like built-up pressure within a sealed container, unresolved issues can explode and express themselves through symptoms or even illness in our bodies. To explain how to address this, Irene starts by breaking down the nervous system into smaller systems and talks about their function in our daily lives and how they respond to threatening situations. She presents different examples to illustrate why upbringing plays a pivotal role in the way we deal with conflict, providing introspective and somatic alternatives that anyone can understand.

Tune in to this episode to learn how we can have a better, healthier body by working with our minds!

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined by Annie Hopper, CEO and founder of the Dynamic Neural Retraining System, to talk about the Five Pillars of Recovery, steps she uses in her limbic system rehabilitation program.

Annie suffered from debilitating chronic illnesses and chemical sensitivities as a direct result of limbic system impairment. After hitting rock bottom and failing to find a solution to her struggle, Annie took the matter into her own hands, and created the DNRS program for herself after she came upon the concept of neuroplasticity in her research. She speaks about what the limbic system does and compares it to a three-year-old’s in order to explain why its impairment affected her physically, emotionally, and psychologically. Throughout this conversation with CrisMarie and Susan, she breaks down what she calls the Five Pillars of Recovery, providing examples in success stories she’s witnessed too or even from her own.

Tune in to this episode to learn the key elements Annie uses for those who need to rewire their limbic system!

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined by Jennifer Fraser to talk about the importance of taking action against bullying and how to repair the harm done to bullied and abused brains. These are also topics she covers in her latest book: The Bullied Brain: Heal Your Scars and Restore Your Health. While working at a private school, a case of bullying where teachers had become bullies themselves came to her knowledge, creating a toxic environment for students. Jennifer went through an extensive process to handle the situation only for the whole matter to be covered up. This began her journey of research and action against bullying and in defense of embracing brain health. 

Tune in to this episode to learn about why focusing on brain health is key to dealing with bullies and those affected by them!

What is going on inside both hemispheres of your brain?

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie are joined by Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor to discuss her newest book, Whole Brain Living: The Anatomy of Choice and the Four Characters That Drive Our Life. As you might remember from High School biology classes, the human brain has two hemispheres, with an emotional system and a thinking system in each one. Each system has a specific way of processing information, and therefore, Dr. Jill has personified each of these four systems into several characters with different personalities within ourselves. Dr. Jill breaks down each character and how they reflect on the way we feel and think. She also explains how after getting to know your four characters, you can call them into a huddle and have the power to choose, moment by moment, who and how you want to be in every circumstance or situation in your life.

Tune in to this episode to learn about the four characters in your brain so you can live your best life!

Systemic thinking can be applied to anything in life, because in the end: we are all connected. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss how system thinking is related to everything in life: work, home, and relationships. There is a common thought that if the “weakest link” is removed from the equation, the problem will be solved, but we forget that we are all part of the same moving engine. Being able to see the bigger picture and recognizing the distinctions among things is an awareness level that can be trained. Groups are made up of individuals, and recognizing the individuals within the system is equally as valuable as recognizing the group.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan are pleased to interview Csaba Toth, an incredible executive coach and writer of “Uncommon Sense in Unusual Times”. He shares what he’s learned through his journey as a coach, and explains what homophilic diversity and uncommon mindsets are. Human behavior is the only thing we can actually see from the outside, people’s perspectives or intentions are things we cannot sense without engaging in a conversation. Diversity means unpredictability, something our brains are not designed to understand.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan has the honor to interview Micha Goebig, an accomplished coach and author, as she shares her journey in a male-dominated industry like the auto and tech field, how she started to create her own confidence, and how she works with clients. Micha moved around the US and Germany several times before settling down in Seattle, and the cultural changes were something she had to consider when dealing with people. Confidence is not a natural skill humans are born with, it can be learned and trained.

Tune in to this episode to hear a wonderful woman talk about empowering other women in male-dominated industries!

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie talk about those tricky conversations that sometimes pop up with our partners, families, and even at work. The first thing we need to realize is everything we do and tell other people comes through love and not a negative feeling. Other tricky conversations can include setting boundaries, letting others know how you feel, or even using specific words.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan discuss different ways to handle change and the several ways it can appear. Transition is a very essential part of change, and we often don’t pay attention to it. They also mention the grieving part of it, through various experiences they have lived, and bring up how we tend to be unaware of this element of change. In life, some things end, but others remain; and this is also one of the elements we need to be aware of. People usually think that they’re alone during changes, but the truth is that they are not. We are here for you if you’re experiencing change.

Please join us during Find your Mojo in Montana; it’s the perfect time to reconnect with yourself and see new ways of dealing with change!

Equus work is a beautiful way to discover many things from oneself. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie interviews Susan as she delves deep into the lessons she has learned from the horses in Equus work and why she enjoys doing this type of coaching so much. They relate their experiences with clients and horses to Jill Bolte Taylor’s characters and divisions of the brain. Having one-degree changes in the way we usually do things will ultimately lead us down another path, and as with horses, it is incredibly important to be in the present. The process of integrating and bringing yourself whole can be done in several ways, and Susan’s favorite is through Equus's work. Tune in to this episode, and we hope we can see you soon in a Find Your Mojo or Equus coaching session!

Whatever happens at work may be affecting your relationships at home.

This episode of the Beauty of Conflict describes how the emotions built up in other environments have an effect at home with your partner. Susan and CrisMarie have been coaching CEOs and leaders, and there is always a common thread: they think their emotions don’t show or affect them. Well, they do. And they may take a toll on your personal relationships. Being aware of one’s own triggers, emotions, and patterns is a whole journey that starts with little steps. The two of them discuss this in-depth in the Executive Skill No One Talks About episode, published earlier this month. Your partner may be your support system, and it is essential that both have other ways to deregulate their feelings rather than each other.

We hope this episode is valuable for you and you can identify your triggers for a healthier relationship.

This episode of The Beauty of Conflict was inspired by a LinkedIn post written by a colleague of Susan and CrisMarie, who explained that in leadership, confidence is being so self-aware of who one really is and our competencies. This episode is our take on confidence! For us, being confident implies a strong connection between two things: body and mind. In her work with horses, Susan recognized that they are unaware of what’s happening in the human head; they only read the physical reactions of their bodies. We know that it’s easy to say “build your confidence” but hard to actually do it, so we hope this episode was full of tips you can use when you feel uneasy and uncomfortable.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie chat about how important it is for people to know how to receive feedback in a good way from their teammates and employees. Everyone can learn to cultivate how they receive feedback, it’s not a set-in-stone kind of thing. Feedback is just how other people see a specific topic or situation; as a skill, one can always work to improve it. They also share what an emotional trigger is and how beneficial it is to learn how to handle them, for which they give tools you can use. There are three emotional triggers that Susan and CrisMarie talk about in-depth during the conversation: identity, truth, and relationship triggers.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss “High Conflict - Why We Get Trapped and How We Get Out”, a book by Amanda Ripley. In high conflict, people believe they’re righteous, make negative assumptions about those with different positions, and believe that the only acceptable solution is a total victory. It’s not healthy and there are no winners. After having read the book, Susan talks with CrisMarie about how it navigates different stories and characters to explore high conflict and tools to get out of it like investigating the conflict’s understory, avoiding binary situations, finding common ground, and marginalizing fire starters.

Susan and CrisMarie discuss how many people avoid using their emotions at work in this episode of The Beauty of Conflict. Nobody taught anyone how to deal with emotions, especially during formative years like high school or college. Managing emotions is a life-long process because it is also a journey of self-discovery. CrisMarie and Susan divide this topic of understanding behaviors through a fine line: above it for the response, below it for reacting. Being aware of which behaviors we always go into is fundamental to personal and professional growth. 

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, we talk about a concept you might have heard before but directly link it to something else. CrisMarie and Susan share their thoughts on intimacy and Into-Me-See. The latter refers to the quality of being present and aware of ourselves as a whole - not only our head, heart, or body - and our relationship with another person. Listen to this episode to find tips on becoming more intimate with yourself before creating a common ground with your team.

In this Beauty of Conflict episode, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the dichotomy between being productive and creative. Productive leaders are more task-oriented and logic-focused, while creative leaders are more strategic thinkers and open to the big picture. Our brains cannot do both at the same time, so, being aware of these two modes may be helpful to increase not only productivity but engagement between teams.

Tune in to find tips on recognizing which is your dominant type and see if you can change from one to the other in your daily activities!

In today’s episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie chat about the Yellowstone Effect, the importance of community. There is great power in community and belonging to one, and this extrapolates to work, teams, and company culture. CrisMarie and Susan share some activities and past tactics used with some and by some clients that may help you. If you’re a team leader, this episode will be perfect for you to bring together your employees and solve the challenges you might be facing around culture!

Have you ever asked yourself how you deal with failure? Do you tolerate it, or do you handle it nicely? In today’s episode of the Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan discuss a recent experience they had with a client whose new team members had a “reward according to performance” mentality, while the founder is more inclined to appreciate the process and to learn regarding the experience, even if they failed. All of this is part of your organization’s culture and how people understand company values and our own egos. 

If you are an organization’s leader, we hope you find this episode helpful or make you think twice about the culture you’re driving inside your team.

How do you recognize that your brain is always triggered and ready to protect you? Today’s episode of The Beauty of Conflict is about breaking that behavior, habit, or pattern. CrisMarie shares how she’s been doing this through a Dynamic Neural Retraining System (DNRS) and explains how these habits are created, stored and repeated in our brains. 

We hope this episode is helpful and valuable to you in being aware of your habits and how they affect your life and relationships.

In business, you need to be smart and healthy, balancing these two. CrisMarie and Susan share one of the development models they’ve designed for one of their intensive workshops with leaders and organizations. This model tries to bring out the healthy part into leadership, directing, organizing, and smartly managing employees. They also share their Heart-Backbone axis model that explains leaders approach different situations.

We hope it helps you become a better employer and team member!

There is a price to pay and a pain to be felt when it comes to objectification.

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss how this can affect your life at work, and in your personal relationships. Objectification is the process of dehumanizing someone, and turning them into a material object, or as close as it can get. It happens with a lot of professions, especially parents and doctors, and when it comes to relationships, it’s a double-way street. Listen to this episode and see if you are going through this process too; we hope our thoughts help you!

There is still a lot of taboo when talking about testing positive for COVID.

In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie talk about a recent experience: getting infected with COVID. They had to separate the house for a few days, move travel plans, and facilitate a workshop online from Montana to D.C. Peer pressure about masking or not, COVID tail symptoms, and how other people are managing life with this virus are also topics they share their thoughts about.

Tune in to this episode to listen for yourself that CrisMarie is doing perfectly fine!

Almost everyone is looking to have control, even just a slightly tiny bit. In this episode of the Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the Paradox of Control and how everyone has felt the need to have some over someone, something, or a situation. These control issues usually arise from a place of uncertainty, and it is natural for people to want to know the outcome. The paradox is pretty simple: one can let go of control if there’s a structure to support it. Structures are a way of control, but they can be drowning when taken to the extreme.

We hope you find the paradox useful for your day-to-day activities!

We are back with our book review discussion episodes!

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie interviews Susan after she’s read the book The Four Pivots: Reimagining Justice, Reimagining Ourselves. These four pivots help you see the world from another perspective. Shawn Ginwright, the author, proposes the following pivots: being aware of your mirror, turning your relationships into transformational ones, finding new creative possibilities for problem-solving, and tuning into the flow. CrisMarie and Susan interweave the pivots with what they teach in their leadership and coaching sessions. What we discuss in this episode can be applied to your business and your personal life.

We will keep doing these book reviews; we know you’ll find something useful!

Are your personal values clear and sometimes at stake? CrisMarie and Susan share how their backgrounds and family history have played a role in their values. Awareness of our own values is key when managing conflict and having successful relationships.

We hope this episode helps you, tune in and enjoy!

A company’s culture can make it or break it; that is no secret. In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan discuss this topic from their experience of coaching business leaders for 20+ years. Company culture is a concept that everyone uses nowadays, but not all understand what it entails. Tune in to this episode and see what you can apply to your company or business!

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, Susan and CrisMarie discuss the importance of having a strategy. One of the biggest problems that most company leaders have is not having a space and time to sit down and plan a strategy. Believe it or not, this same thing happens with couples! Communication is key to having a successful coupledom. Tune in to this episode, we know it may help you if you’re encountering conflict in your relationships!

This conversation came up after CrisMarie had a talk at the University of Washington’s Varsity Boat Club. CrisMarie shares her three keys to getting into the right mindset: creating a connection, interrupting stress with joy breaks, and feeling the flow. CrisMarie not only shares how she built her resiliency, but all the trials and tribulations she had to endure to get to where she is today; tune in and enjoy this heartwarming story.

How are you defining success? In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan share how they are defining what success means, and how every situation turns out to be successful. Having this conversation with every person you work with or have a relationship with is important. Changes don’t happen overnight, they need to happen through time, and that requires work. Each try and error will teach you something and that is where the growth opportunity comes. We hope you can change your point of view towards success and start communicating it with the people around you.

It’s time to do a health check on our relationships!

In this episode of The Beauty of Conflict, CrisMarie and Susan discuss the workshop and the book they wrote about conflict and couples. For them, it has been important to revisit the workshop after some time because they are always in new places in their lives. Every time a relationship starts it is full of romance that is built together. Conflict comes when one of the individuals’ expectations are not being met, this is when communication and dialogue have to come in. Doing the couple’s workshop is a great opportunity to look where you are and how to navigate the tension, discomfort, and happiness together.

Join the virtual workshop coming up on March 26th and 27th, you don’t want to miss it! Tune in and reach out to us if you want more information!

Talent Optimization may sound big, fancy, and complicated, right?

This week’s episode is about the people through and through; in every business, and how to get the most of them. What CrisMarie and Susan do in organizations is blend the “Be Smart and Healthy” ideas from their previous episode and today’s content regarding Talent Optimization. Using these tools and consulting will help you and your organization bring the best out of your team and smooth the roughness of some processes. 

We hope this episode is helpful!

In this episode, you will get to know Susan and CrisMarie’s framework of what they do with companies and teams. Being smart and healthy is what they teach together and it is actually really simple. The “be smart” part is about applying your knowledge to the workflow. The healthy part is based on the human dynamics that are involved. Teams and relationships need a balance between the smart and the healthy side. Listen to this episode and get to improve your relationship dynamics!

This episode is packed with tips and advice from CrisMarie and Susan on this topic because this is one of the main reasons why sometimes teams and couples don’t work. In most cases, one side of the party isn’t aware that trust has been broken. How we react is usually a way of showing how we understand, process, and interpret our world. Tune in to this interesting discussion.

Today we want to share with you a couple of tips to rewire your brain. Our everyday life is built upon habits, and the first step is to identify which ones can be harmful. Being kind to ourselves is a process that we can start working on every single morning. Whenever you feel in the weeds, try to switch your brain by playing some music, or watching a funny video on Youtube. Tune in to this episode and let us know if you were able to change your habits!

In this episode, CrisMarie and Susan chat about how they have recovered strength and space by using their own voice, and they also share their Speak Up Kit. Sometimes people omit their own thoughts just to not engage in disagreements or conflict. In teams, trying to be vulnerable can be hard, but once someone speaks up, a lot of conversations flourish. 

Please tune in and get some tips and tricks to speak up and build trust!

We are back doing a book preview! This time, we are chatting about Whole Brain Living, by Jill Bolte Taylor, Ph.D. Susan has been binging this book lately and discussing it with CrisMarie. They discuss in depth how the author describes the brain in its entirety, the circuitry, and the non-divisiveness of our bodies and minds. There are multiple ways of knowing the parts that are inside of us, and this is a fun one.

We hope you are encouraged and excited to grab this book after hearing this episode!

Susan’s book “Crazy, Cracked, Deep, & Warm” is finally here! Join us during this episode in which we do the virtual launch of this amazing achievement of our host. We start by having CrisMarie’s take on the book and then Susan starts reading a prose part of it. She shares how this book has been a transformative process in which the material itself has changed through time and space. Susan also introduces some friends and colleagues that shared the journey with her. 

We are incredibly happy for Susan, go check out her book!

With a very special guest, CrisMarie and Susan go through a wonderful conversation about those things that are often not talked about and kept kind of a secret. Carolina Reid, their niece, joins them and shares her perspective and reflections on her own family’s history regarding Susan’s book: Crazy, Cracked, Warm, and Deep. They also encourage you to find out which activities help you digest emotions, events, and whatever crosses your mind. No one knows why some topics are taboo for a person, but what we know is that we can slowly start talking about them.

This guest’s mantra is “advance others to advance yourself.” Dominique found his voice and turned out to be a pretty fun mix of introvert and extrovert. As a certified leadership expert with the John Maxwell team, he now helps people create their own little piece of immortality. He also reflects on networks and his own ecosystem.

Dominique is a coach that has a coach and provides coaching services to people, get to know him in this episode, and grab pen and paper! You’ll love a couple of his quotes!

Welcome, 2022! New years are usually a time to start setting new resolutions or practices for the upcoming year. In this episode, CrisMarie and Susan tell you about how they navigate the start of the year. They usually do a reflection exercise and set up a word and theme. These two can help you set your groove or vibe for the year, or at least the start. Dreams, desires, and goals are important, but their journey is way more fun. Tune in!

It’s time to reflect on the past years and start building the foundations for 2022!

Susan and CrisMarie usually wrap up their year with these two activities. They start going back through the year and bringing those memories that come afloat. You can review your year in different things: people that lift you up or not, your favorite activities, books, songs, and they all show something bout yourself. They share their composting and mandala process too!

This is a truly special episode here at the Beauty of Conflict Podcast. Susan’s book, the one we’ve mentioned in several episodes before, is finally available for pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! This memoir tells Susan’s story, how she picked up the pieces of her life and she started building it back together. We encourage you to read it and dare to find yourself and the pieces of your own story.

This week’s guest is an electrical engineer turned mentor and career coach! Christian Pyrros came over to the Beauty of Conflict Podcast to share his journey helping people keep moving forward with their lives. When looking at how miserable and unhappy some people were on the “perfect way” to job success, Christian started studying psychology and personal development. 

Tune in to this episode and listen to Christian’s great advice!

It’s book club time! This week’s episode is all about “Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals”, a book by Oliver Burkeman. Susan and CrisMarie recently read it and wanted to share their thoughts on it. CrisMarie and Susan both reflect on how we only have one life, and it is finite.

Tune in to discover why you are the time!

Most people think traumas are big events, but they don’t have to be.

Riana Milne came over to the show to share her 10 fundamental traumas! After working in the educational system, having a private practice, going to different drug and alcohol facilities, she came up with the top 10 trauma list. She teaches couples how to work as a team instead of as individuals. Riana breaks down several examples of relationships with traumas and how she helps them to work on those situations.

Be sure to visit Riana’s website to binge on all the free resources!

Today’s guest packed her things after not feeling supported by her job in a big corporation besides being a mother and having a side gig. This is Lindsay Pinchuk’s story as an entrepreneur and mom. Tune in to this episode to listen to Lindsay’s story and her tidbits on entrepreneurship!

This episode’s guest found her purpose in pajamas! Yes, you read that right, in pajamas! Genevieve Piturro left the corporate world of entertainment to take a leap of faith into the non-profit world with The Pajama Program. She had a conflict between her heart and her brain.

Catch this episode and get inspired!

Merrick Rosenberg, a personality specialist, entrepreneur, and author is our guest today! In this episode, he shares his journey into working with more than half of Fortune 100’s companies through his personality workshops. Merrick believes that a team without conflict is a team without creativity.

This week’s guest’s life obsession has been productivity, and he has learned to work with his ADHD brain! He shares his SMASH method to be more productive. Selecting high-level actions, muting notifications, accountability, scheduling, and honoring your biological rhythm are all steps to boosting productivity. Join this episode and see what you can apply to your day-to-day routine!

In this week’s episode, we have the honor of having Richard Flint. He is an expert on human behavior and he states that most of the confusion comes from an incongruence between what people say and what they really do. Richard also shares his three-Cs method to conflict resolution and the 6 types of fears. Don't miss this reflection on resilience, love, and frustrations.

We all wished they had taught us a class about relationships in high school, right? Today’s guest is Jayson Gaddis, a relationship expert that does precisely that: he teaches a class about relationships! Jayson uses four stages in conflict: posture, claps, seek, or avoid. He also shares how he’s been working with his wife to settle themselves during an argument. We hope the pieces of advice Jayson gives are useful for you and for your most valuable relationships!

This week’s guest is an incredible mental health advocate, we welcome Michelle E. Dickinson to the show! She shares her story with her bipolar mother, and she emphasizes a lot on doing the work through the pain and the anger. No matter how much harm our parents did to us, they ultimately tried the best they could with the tools they had in hand. Michelle shares a couple of resilience tips we can apply to our daily lives!

We live in a world of first reactors, not first responders. Steven Howard has learned to stop, ask questions and assess the situation, and then take action. This week’s guest is a recognized mindfulness and leadership author and came over to the show to share his story! If we start listening with the intent of understanding instead of reacting, our problem-solving and decision-making will become easier.

Penny Pearl is here on the Beauty of Conflict to tell us how we can articulate value proposition and advance in our careers. At 2Actify, Penny designed the whole platform for people to build a strong network and market themselves correctly. From resume revisions to networking exercises, 2Actify aims to help people create connections with hiring managers. 

Join us in this amazing conversation!

Let us introduce you to the Health Detective! Ben Azadi’s mission is to help people live a healthier lifestyle. After going through a personal journey with his body and mind, Ben became an FDN-P and wrote four best-selling books. Ben shares his experience of shifting a negative train of thought into a positive one. 

Dare to listen to this interesting episode, and join the conversation!

Preston Weekes’ goal is to leave the people he interacts with feeling happy, fulfilled, and complete. He has designed a toolset for people to process emotions and not stay stuck in them. Assessing the post-situation feelings and actions, and deciding how you want to show up is part of his toolset. Preston shares more of his knowledge through the episode, you don’t want to miss it.

Welcome to the 100th episode of the Beauty of Conflict! Susan and CrisMarie never thought they would get this far with their podcast and their hearts are full of joy knowing where the show is right now, and where it is going. You are welcome to be part of this journey, recalling the first episodes, experiences, and all the lessons learned through the process of creating a podcast and bringing value to the audience.

Take a walk down memory lane by the hand of Susan and CrisMarie! If this is your first time here, feel welcome!

Drew Errington ended up recruiting by chance, and he deeply fell in love with it! Drew's best advice is that decisions will be made one way or another, but how you react to them will ultimately establish who you are. Drew discusses his feelings about unemployment and how a terrible situation may sometimes blossom into something beautiful. Finally, he shares advice for people that are searching for new job opportunities.

In this episode, CrisMarie and Susan discuss how healthy it is to feel and understand anger in our lives. Being aware of one’s own boundaries is also one big topic in this episode. Knowing when to ask for what you want and being accountable for when your boundary is being crossed is part of a healthy lifestyle. Embracing anger shouldn’t be stigmatized, it is just like any other feeling, and learning how to handle it is important for a balanced life.

All the way from the Caribbean Island of Grenada we bring a very wonderful guest and coach: Abi Singh! In 2017, Abi and her husband started a business together. Through her experience, she shares advice about how to tune in to your partner’s deepest desires.

Listen to this wonderful episode about coaching for partners that work together!

We are happy to have over two of CrisMarie’s most recent mentors: Jason Patent and Grace Michel. They both work at the Robertson Center for Intercultural Leadership at Berkeley. Their extensive knowledge of diversity, equity, and inclusion has an international and broad perspective. Within the CIL programs, they want people to become a champion towards inclusion. They both agree that vulnerability is the start of the healing journey.

How are you prioritizing things in terms of time and energy? Jill Farmer has been asking herself this question over the years. As a time management coach and author, Jill came over to share her insights about how you can actively become an agent of change when it comes to investing time and energy.

Join this wonderful conversation with Jill and you will for sure have food for thought!

We have the ability to adapt to different circumstances, but these processes need a transition. Transitions matter and it is important that we have time to process what is going on around us. They often help us navigate from one situation to another and embracing them, shows compassion to ourselves and to others. This is key when making transitions.

There is no right or wrong way to go through transitions, keep that in mind. You will need time to digest the experiences you have during the day.

Not engaging in conflict will create a non-stop cycle of repeating patterns. These patterns usually are managing or diffusing the situation, and they require a great investment of time and money. Tough conversations must be part of life, to address and solve a conflict. Engaging in a healthy conflict will help teams and individuals make decisions faster. The first step is to start talking about each one’s experiences, dealing with conflict.

Sue and Kellis took our Find Your Mojo in Montana a while ago, not once but twice! In this episode, they walk us through different aspects of being leaders in life, in their work, and their growth after the experience. They both reflect on how approaching those special horses has impacted their work as leaders, and they also share advice about what they learned and how they apply it on a daily basis. Leadership is a skill that can be learned and trained in many ways.

Join this episode full of laughs and friendship with wonderful guests, and get to know their testimony firsthand!

How can we truly be an ally, own our mistakes, revise our history and make a true change? Canada Day and the 4th of July celebration in the US became the perfect excuse to engage in this conversation and talk about systemic racism. Susan and CrisMarie reflect on different ways in which we can engage with friends, family, even strangers without prejudice or assumptions. Talk about what makes you uncomfortable and hold yourself and your history accountable.

Amil Reddy (they/them) is all things consulting towards diversity, inclusion, and self-determination. They start helping others by finding their lens: this means going back to one’s roots to find the hidden biases to know one’s true identity. Although Amil is a bridge-builder for people,  they will not take the journey with them. Recognizing and working with biases is also what Amil works with when coaching. 

Join this conversation in which topics like privilege, empathy, visions, pronouns, enabling, and more are discussed. Amil shares their whole heart and advice on this episode.

One would think arguing is about fighting, well not at all. It is about having conversations that may represent a challenge. These tough conversations help an individual find their voice and, one way or another, defend what they believe in. Historical context and fact-checking are a great way to engage in a discussion. Another key element is the recognition of power and privilege. 

CrisMarie and Susan dissect this topic and give heartfelt advice to enhance your relationships.

In this episode, Susan does a beautiful reflection about her journey with brokenness and perfection using an allegory of a fractal. They also go through their experience towards writing a book, physical and mental health, and how that was determinant for their future. For Susan, there are four key components about a fractal, they are: crazy, cracked, warm, and deep. Knowing each part is a self-discovery journey. Every experience defines us as human beings, we just have to learn how to navigate and make peace with the hard ones.

Have you ever wondered why we have so much information about horses intertwined in our work?

Well this week on the podcast Susan is sharing the power of using horses in coaching and why we incorporate it into our own practices.

If you’ve ever wondered what equus work really is, how Susan began her work with horses, why it’s so important, and how horses are used in coaching, check out her new interview!

We hope this helps you see how masterful horses are at nonverbal and emotional communication and how that can benefit you in your own coaching. Who knows, it may even inspire you to participate in your own first Equus experience!

We’ve got a fun, mini-podcast for you today!

We’re sharing our tool Check It Out, something we teach in both our business book and our couple’s book, because we really think it’s the crown jewel of the work we do with people. 

This tools helps us slow down in making assumptions and helps us check out our stories to get to real understanding. 

As you can guess, this is helpful in almost all relationships!

So we’re giving you a quick guide to this simple tool, how you can use it, and some examples on the show today. 

We hope you’ll find it useful as so many of our clients have!

We’ve got a fun, mini-podcast for you today!

We’re sharing our tool Check It Out, something we teach in both our business book and our couple’s book, because we really think it’s the crown jewel of the work we do with people. 

This tools helps us slow down in making assumptions and helps us check out our stories to get to real understanding. 

As you can guess, this is helpful in almost all relationships!

So we’re giving you a quick guide to this simple tool, how you can use it, and some examples on the show today. 

We hope you’ll find it useful as so many of our clients have!

We have a really special guest this week on the podcast - Kelsey Abbott!

We were on Kelsey’s podcast Find Your Awesome a few weeks ago and knew after speaking with her that she would be a great person to interview for you all to meet as well!

Kelsey is all about being a positive force for loving yourself, shedding the “shoulds” and embracing your own unique greatness.

She touches on how she embodies this in our episode and we also dive into Human Design, what that is and how it informs the way you live, work, and interact with others.

If you’ve never heard of Human Design, this episode will introduce a new, interesting idea to you, and if you have heard of it, you’ll be interested to see how Kelsey incorporates it into her every day!

We are thrilled to share this special guest episode of the podcast with Allana Pratt with you!

You may have heard of Allana, she’s a global media personality and go-to authority for those who have suffered heartbreak and are ready to live unapologetically and attract an openhearted, ideal relationship.

She’s been featured on Huffington Post, Forbes, People Magazine, CBS, Fox, Dancing with the Stars, has interviewed Whoopi Goldberg and Alanis Morissette and now is here with us!

This week she is letting us into some of her best advice for intimacy and relationships. Some highlights of what she covers include: 

We had such a great time speaking with Allana and know you will love her episode. After you’ve listened, let us know which part of our conversation was your favorite!

What do you think connection is?

After 20 years working with others in relationships, we’ve realized that there are many misconceptions around this idea of connection.

So this week on the podcast we want to dive into what connection really is so you can understand what is occurring in your relationships.

We’ll explain the different poles of feelings, what connection is not, how you lose connection, and much more.

This is an information heavy podcast full of examples and real stories that we hope will help you understand the connections you have in your real relationships.

Today we are sharing a specific tool for conflict with you on the podcast. 

It’s called a 5-5-5. 

This is a tool you can use when you and someone else have very different ideas and styles about something. 

This something could be in the workplace- the way you approach a project, your styles of working, or something in your personal relationship around money, sex, kids, vacation. 

Whatever the something is that causes recurring conflict, this easy, 15 minute tool is one that can help you both get space to dive into what you feel, knowing the other person will be listening. 

If you have any recurring conflicts in your life, we encourage you to listen to this short episode where we explain the 5-5-5 and how you can apply it in your life. 

We use this and have seen its success personally and in those we coach, we can’t wait for it to enhance your conversations too.

This week’s podcast episode is all about things you can use in your own personal relationships to grow them closer to where you want them to be, starting today!

We are going to dive into some of what we share in our new book The Beauty of Conflict for Couples so you can begin thinking about these ideas and tools in your own relationship. 

One thing we focus on is this idea that we all begin thinking relationships will be perfect- we will always be close, it will always be loving, it will fill our needs. 

And then we get into relationships and they don’t always behave in a way we expected in our minds. This can show up in big and small ways, from the way they put on the toilet paper roll to how they interact with our families. 

Our work with this has never been about making things smooth, we’re not fixing at a surface level, but learning how you can not lose yourself in your relationship, but be yourself and be in a healthy relationship. 

It’s about how to be the ME in a WE. 

So today we’re sharing our insights around this on the show and hope you will take away some thoughts or actions you can start using in your own relationship. 

Today we are going to unpack the 4 beliefs you can bump into that keep your success range at a certain level. We are experiencing this now and think some of you may be as well. 

We hope you enjoy this episode and that it opens your eyes to some beliefs you may have for yourself.

And as always, we’d love to hear from you, let us know if you have any of these 4 beliefs. 

In episode 17, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Greg and Jenifer Lambert of TERRA Staffing. Together they talk about harnessing conflict both in their professional work as well as their marriage.

In episode 15, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Jennifer Hilton and Sam Mack. Jennifer and Sam share about their journey with finding the beauty in conflict, and why getting past being polite was so powerful for their relationship.

In episode 15, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Jennifer Hilton and Sam Mack. Jennifer and Sam share about their journey with finding the beauty in conflict, and why getting past being polite was so powerful for their relationship.

In episode 14, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Rachel Davey to talk about their work with the team at the Haven Institute. Together they discuss agreement vs consensus when it comes to team meetings and the impact this had on the team at Haven.

In episode 13, CrisMarie and Susan sit down to talk about CrisMarie's background with conflict and her experience as an olympion.

In episode 12, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Brad Rose.

Brad shares the tool he was most excited to bring back to his team from his time at a leadership workshop with Susan and CrisMarie 

In episode 11, CrisMarie and Susan are sharing the beauty of conflict within. 

We're talking about one of the most important relationships you will have in your life on the podcast today.

To show you what they mean, in this episode they both share very personal stories about chronic issues and hardships they each faced and how tapping into their personal experience and turning towards their issues and symptoms actually helped heal them.

In episode 10, CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Peter Cullen to talk about how introducing the thumbs up tool helped clarify communications among his leadership team.

In episode 6 CrisMarie and Susan are joined by Sarah and Jane of Act Natural to talk about what makes their working relationship work and how they navigate obstacles in their personal relationships.