An upside to recurring conflict: Relational stress wood

Disagree better

Recurring conflict doesn’t automatically signal that a personal or professional relationship is in trouble. Teams, couples, and families that experience conflict can develop a figurative “stress wood” that makes for resilient relationships.

• Episode transcript
• About Biosphere 2
• About trees and stress wood
• How conflict avoidance can cause bigger conflict later
• When parents avoid disagreeing in front of child or routinely break up sibling arguments
• When parents prevent their child from expressing emotions
• How healthy relationships benefit from conflict
• Buy Tammy a coffee

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