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EPISODE · Jan 25, 2026 · 5 MIN

120 How to make your conflict a positive experience

from Conflict Owner's Manual · host Dr. Deborah Sword, with co-host Tyson Bankert

Conflict can be a positive experience. It takes practice, is worth the effort, and here's a tip for how to do it.With practice, your conflicts will feel not to hard or soft, too hot or cold. You can keep conflict in the "just right" Goldilocks zone. Conflict is positive when you use conflict competencies to Improve the quality of your relationships, learn new skills, and break unhelpful conflict patterns. If you enjoy using fiction to practice conflict skills, check out my Substack posts because that's the motherload: https://substack.com/home/post/p-167675464Show notes:Other episodes that discuss popular culture to practice conflict competencies are numbers 75, 87, and 104.Send us a text. We love hearing from you.Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.Please subscribe to our podcast, like it, share it, leave comments (we love comments), ask questions and suggest topics you'd like to hear. Thank you for listening.

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Conflict can be a positive experience. It takes practice, is worth the effort, and here's a tip for how to do it.With practice, your conflicts will feel not to hard or soft, too hot or cold. You can keep conflict in the "just right" Goldilocks zone....

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