Hello, my friend, and welcome to another episode of Negotiate Anything.

Thanks for spending time with us today.

It's listeners like you in 181 different countries that have made Negotiate Anything the most popular negotiation and conflict resolution podcast in the world.

I'm your host, Kwame Christian.

I'm a business lawyer, mediator,

professor, and the director of the American Negotiation Institute. Before we get started,

I have two quick questions for you. Is negotiation a critical part of what you do? Do you need

to resolve conflict and persuade at work? If you answered yes to both of those questions,

visit our website to learn more

about our negotiation workshops. We've traveled the country working with professionals just like

you, and we'd love to have the opportunity to work with you too. Check out the link in the

description to learn more. Laura, thanks for joining us today. Oh my goodness, thank you for having me.

What a delight that I get to have another

conversation with you. Yes. I think we're actually just using these podcasts as excuses to chat at this

point. I mean, honestly, I'm okay with that. I have no shame in just calling out that I have built

something purely on my desire to have interesting conversations. And so probably have you in some

ways. Exactly. Exactly. So how would we start off by telling the listeners a little bit about

yourself and what you do? Awesome. Well, I'm a licensed clinical psychologist. I've been in private

practice for, you know, I always say 10 years, but I forget that every year I should say an additional year.

So it's about 12 years at this point, but I've been working for 15.

And, you know, I've really, in so many ways, built my practice off of the idea of curiosity.

And I've worked significantly with individuals who have

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