Hello, Reader, Yes, I want Coaching! There’s a part of a hard conversation that happens before you ever sit down with the other person. It happens in your head. You start rehearsing what might happen. “They don’t respect me.” “They’re going to get defensive.” “This is going to turn into an argument.” “They’re never going to change.” And before you’ve said a single word, you’ve already decided how the conversation is going to go. That’s where things can get tricky. Because when we walk into a...

Hi There, Reader, Yes, I want Coaching! There’s probably a conversation you’ve been thinking about more than you’d like to admit. You know the one. The conversation you keep telling yourself you’ll have when things calm down. The one you’re rehearsing in your head because you’re worried about how the other person will react. The one you know needs to happen, but you’re not sure how to start without making things worse. So you wait. You think about it. You prepare for it. And sometimes,...

Hi There, Reader, Yes, I want Coaching! Have you ever caught yourself thinking…“I’ll bring it up next week.”“After this deadline.”“After the meeting.”“When things calm down.”It’s easy to keep putting off a conversation when you’re not quite sure what to say or you’re hoping the situation will somehow resolve itself. But:Waiting doesn’t always make a hard conversation easier. Sometimes, it just gives uncertainty more time to grow.If the conversation matters today, delaying it can give...