Welcome to our last series of the year! With the holiday season approaching and time with family and friends increases, we often have to navigate away from numerous conflict causing topics—politics, relationship status, lifestyle choices, and now healthcare, COVID-19 vaccines, and so much more.  What if, rather than avoiding particular topics and pretending the undercurrent tensions in the room don't exist, we learned how to  have healthy conversations about them?  For the rest of 2021, we will be talking about what it looks like to  initiate and participate in courageous conversations —conversations that are honouring of each person involved, come from a place of humility, address tensions, and  handle discomfort with grace. 

This episode's topics include: 
-  What keeps us from having courageous conversations?
-  Validating the person even if we disagree with the perspective 
-  Creating brave space and using "I" statements  

Enjoy!