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The Art of Dancing with Resistance: A New Way of Handling Conflict

By Brenda Knowles|2015-09-22T16:07:22-05:00June 17th, 2011|Categories: Emotions and Energy, Parenting, Personal Evolution, Relationships, Spacious Artists|Tags: Beyond Consequences Logic and Control, dealing with conflict, E.B. White, Heather Forbes, methods of dealing with parental frustration, parenting, Parenting and control, practicing no resistance, Sisyphus, Tao and resistance|

How do you handle frustration? Conflict ? My usual coping style is to relent and let conflict swallow me like a spoon in pudding, but occasionally I push up against problems like Sisyphus and his boulder. But I am looking at things differently now. Writers, spiritual leaders, and everyday experiences have inspired a new approach to [...]

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