87 // Dealing With Challenging People

The Mindful Kind

Rachael Kable

Mindfulness, Mindful, Health & Fitness, Self-help, Inspiration

4.6 • 636 Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2017

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Hello and welcome to episode 87 of The Mindful Kind podcast!

In this episode, I'm answering the most common question my listeners ask me, which is how to deal with challenging people.

So, here are my top 5 tips:

1 // Acknowledge how you feel and show yourself some self-compassion.

2 // Remember that your perspective/experience isn't the same as anyone's else's.

3 // Communicate! You might like to revisit episodes 24 and 60 for tips on mindful listening and communication.

4 // Build you own confidence and sense of self-worth. To read an article I wrote on this topic, head to: www.rachaelkable.com/blog/mindful-and-powerful-confidence-tips

5 // Have a safe way to debrief (and don't send texts or emails about other people!).

I hope you enjoy the episode and have a wonderful week, Mindful Kind:)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the mindful kind.
0:07.5	I'm your host, Rachel Cable, and I'm here to share insights into my mindfulness journey
0:12.3	and inspire you to create your own.
0:14.9	Each week, this podcast will bring fresh and exciting news about mindfulness,
0:19.7	from my personal experiences to useful tools and different
0:23.6	mindful techniques.
0:32.8	Hello and welcome to episode 87 of the Mindful Kind podcast.
0:37.7	In this episode, I'll be sharing my thoughts on how to be mindful when you're around challenging people.
0:43.2	This is one of the questions I'm asked most often on social media or via email.
0:49.1	It sounds like quite a few of my listeners either work with somewhat critical or challenging people or are related to
0:55.0	them and that these people impact how those listeners are feeling, which is totally understandable.
1:00.9	So I'll be sharing my five top tips for how to use mindfulness as well as a few other ideas
1:06.0	on how to deal with challenging people. But really, it's all about how you can protect yourself and your space from these people and help you minimize stress.
1:14.6	Tip one is to acknowledge your emotional reaction and respond to it in a self-compassionate way.
1:21.6	When you're around people who just push your buttons, it's likely that you'll be feeling some kind of emotional response.
1:28.9	Frustration, anger, sadness, outrage, hopelessness, fear, anxiety, loneliness or isolation,
1:37.8	or anything else which might arise for you. It's okay to feel those things. However, it is so
1:43.8	important to show ourselves self-compassion in those moments because it's okay to feel those things. However, it is so important to show ourselves self-compassion in
1:46.4	those moments because it's hard and it can be hurtful for us to experience. For example, let's imagine
1:53.3	you feel you've been criticised unfairly by a colleague and you're feeling pretty upset and
1:58.2	maybe angry about it. Ignourledge that you're feeling angry and upset and do what you need to do to be
2:03.7	self-compassionate.
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