LTAC Season 3 Episode 5 - Toxic People

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Welcome to Season 3 of Let's Talk About Conflict, where we explore the essential skills for navigating challenging conversations and managing ourselves during difficult moments. This podcast is to help our listeners build skills where they feel more capable of managing themselves within a conflict—and maybe others!

I’m your host, Lynne Nash, and today we're tackling a challenge that many of us face - dealing with toxic or difficult people in our lives, especially when avoiding them isn't an option.

Whether it's a colleague at work, a family member, or someone else we're required to interact with regularly, these relationships can drain our energy and test our conflict management skills to their limits.

What can compassion and empathy teach us when interacting with toxic people? Do you know the difference? Can you remember your personal value when dealing with the large demands made by toxic people?

This episode explores practical strategies for protecting your boundaries and maintaining your peace while navigating these challenging relationships and discuss how to recognize when you're being pulled into toxic patterns of interaction.

Study: Friedrich Schiller University: Toxic People stimuli study
Book: Holding the Calm by Hesha Abrams

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