Episode 376 - The Dr. Cloud Show - Shorts - Preparing for the Conversation - Difficult Conversations Part 2
The Boundaries.me Podcast
Greg Bowler
4.7 • 815 Ratings
🗓️ 8 February 2023
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In this highlight, Dr. Cloud goes into part two of his session on having a difficult conversation. This one is all about preparation. How do you bring your best and keep your fear in check when entering into a difficult conversation? First, you have to have a difficult conversation with yourself. What splinter is stuck in your finger? We have to take that splinter out before we go into the conversation. Sometimes we do that by talking with someone that isn’t involved in the situation to bleed off that frustration. Taking air out of the balloon first is critical. Secondly, we need to take some time beforehand to get clear about what outcome we want. Third, we need to practice it or even write a script to keep on topic during that conversation. And last, start with the end-goal in mind by affirming the relationship and bring loving positive energy to it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there and welcome back to the podcast. This is Albe, the producer of the Dr. Cloud Show. |
| 0:12.0 | Just wanted to say thanks for taking some time out of your day to join us. In this highlight from |
| 0:15.8 | the show, Dr. Cloud goes into part two of his session on having a difficult conversation. |
| 0:20.7 | This one is all about preparation. |
| 0:23.0 | How do you bring your best and keep your fear in check when entering into a difficult conversation? |
| 0:28.5 | Well, it turns out you need to do some preparation, and Dr. Cloud's going to break that into |
| 0:32.4 | some simple steps for you to follow. |
| 0:34.9 | And I'd like to take a moment here to talk about our upcoming workshop on |
| 0:38.6 | codependency. It's coming up on February 20th at 5 p.m. Pacific. It's on a discounted price right now |
| 0:46.0 | until February 15th. You can find out more about it at Boundaries.Me forward slash break free. |
| 0:53.8 | When we have difficulty setting boundaries and |
| 0:55.5 | codependent relationships it's often because we're afraid that we'll lose |
| 0:59.9 | something that we need like love approval the relationship itself or maybe |
| 1:04.8 | something else. We're created to live our own lives with our own choices our own |
| 1:10.8 | priorities our own wants and cares live our own lives with our own choices, our own priorities, our own wants |
| 1:12.2 | and cares, and our own consequences. |
| 1:15.7 | The other person won't learn the lessons they need to learn if you keep billing them out. |
| 1:20.8 | But that's hard, and that's what this workshop's going to go into. |
| 1:24.5 | You can find out more about it at Boundaries.me forward slash break free. So check it out. |
| 1:29.4 | And last, we've got a free week of coaching videos from Dr. Cloud. No strings attached. Just put |
| 1:34.6 | in your email. We'll send you the link to watch the videos. You can find out more about that |
| 1:38.6 | down in the description. And that is, in case you don't want to click a description and feel |
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