Episode 375 - The Dr. Cloud Show - Shorts - Creating a Safe Space - Difficult Conversations Part 1
The Boundaries.me Podcast
Greg Bowler
4.7 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
This is part one of a short series on how to have difficult conversations. In this highlight Dr. Cloud talks about an important skill to build before having a difficult conversation. In this session, he talks about how to create safe space for conversations that could explode. There are a few major issues that arise in difficult conversations: fight, flight or freeze. Dr. Cloud shares ways to make the conversation psychologically safe for the other person. A psychologically safe space is where both sides can share their feelings and thoughts without worry. Without this crucial first step, a successful conversation is highly unlikely.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everyone, welcome back to the podcast. |
| 0:10.3 | This is Albi, the producer of the Dr. Cloud show. |
| 0:13.1 | Thanks so much for joining us. |
| 0:14.9 | On today's highlight, Dr. Cloud is going to talk about difficult conversations. |
| 0:19.7 | This is the first part in a three-part series that'll |
| 0:22.0 | be released over the course of the next couple of weeks. And in this highlight, he's talking |
| 0:27.1 | about the first step, which is creating a safe space for a difficult conversation. A psychologically |
| 0:34.8 | safe space is where both sides can share their feelings and thoughts without worry. |
| 0:40.5 | Without this crucial first step, a successful conversation is highly unlikely. |
| 0:45.8 | And I'd like to take a moment here to talk about our upcoming workshop on codependency. |
| 0:50.7 | It's coming up on February 20th at 5 p.m. Pacific. |
| 0:55.0 | It's on a discounted price right now until February 15th. |
| 0:58.6 | You can find out more about it at Boundaries.Me forward slash break free. |
| 1:04.6 | When we have difficulty setting boundaries and codependent relationships, |
| 1:08.5 | it's often because we're afraid that we'll lose something that we |
| 1:11.5 | need, like love, approval, the relationship itself, or maybe something else. |
| 1:17.8 | We're created to live our own lives with our own choices, our own priorities, our |
| 1:22.6 | own wants and cares, and our own consequences. |
| 1:26.5 | The other person won't learn the lessons they need to learn if you keep billing them out. |
| 1:31.7 | But that's hard and that's what this workshop is going to go into. |
| 1:35.4 | You can find out more about it at Boundaries.me forward slash break free, so check it out. |
| 1:40.3 | And last, we've got a free week of coaching videos from Dr. Cloud. |
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