Here's the truth. You can't control another person's emotions, but you can control how much power

their emotions have over you. Today, I'm going to teach you how to stay in control even when

the conversation turns emotional. All that and more coming right up. Welcome to the Jefferson

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Now I will be the first to admit, I have trouble sometimes in conversation when the other

person gets emotional. That's me being honest and transparent with you. If somebody is getting

really emotional, whether it's anger, meaning they escalate in anger, or maybe they're really

sad and they're crying a whole lot, or maybe they feel really closed off, meaning they escalate in anger, or maybe they're really sad and they're crying a whole

lot, or maybe they feel really closed off, or they're having big emotions. That's hard for me to

process sometimes. Throughout this episode, I want you to see the conversation between me and you,

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