Photo by Michelle Cassar on Unsplash Use your super power to transform conflict. When you envision a super power, what comes to mind first? My wonderful niece, who loves science fiction and fantasy just as much as I do, pointed out to me that the superpowers featured in movies and comics are frequently about making […]

<img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7361" data-attachment-id="7361" data-permalink="https://conflictremedy.com/us-versus-them/us_them5/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/us_them5.jpg?fit=1920%2C1483&ssl=1" data-orig-size="1920,1483" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="Us versus Them" data-image-description=" Us versus Them–thumbs up/thumbs down ” data-image-caption=” Image by John Hain from Pixabay ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/us_them5.jpg?fit=300%2C232&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/us_them5.jpg?fit=1024%2C791&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-7361″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/us_them5.jpg?resize=1080%2C834&ssl=1″ alt=”Us versus Them–thumbs up/thumbs down” width=”1080″ height=”834″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ /> Image by John Hain from Pixabay Us versus Them “We have met the enemy […]

<img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-7262" data-attachment-id="7262" data-permalink="https://conflictremedy.com/where-peace-is-lost-to-conflict/peaceflowermosaic-2/" data-orig-file="https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/peaceflowermosaic-1.jpg?fit=2233%2C1348&ssl=1" data-orig-size="2233,1348" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 5s","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1487936148","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00026802465826856","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="peaceflowermosaic" data-image-description="" data-image-caption=" photo by Lorraine Segal ” data-medium-file=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/peaceflowermosaic-1.jpg?fit=300%2C181&ssl=1″ data-large-file=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/peaceflowermosaic-1.jpg?fit=1024%2C618&ssl=1″ class=”size-full wp-image-7262″ src=”https://i0.wp.com/conflictremedy.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/peaceflowermosaic-1.jpg?resize=1080%2C652&ssl=1″ alt=”” width=”1080″ height=”652″ data-recalc-dims=”1″ /> photo by Lorraine Segal Where peace is lost to conflict, how can we find it? Drawing inspiration for conflict transformation from science fiction. I often find science […]

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Photo by Afif Ramdhasuma on Unsplash Are you using blamespeak in difficult conversations? I heard someone use the term “blamespeak” recently and thought it was a very evocative succinct way to express what happens in many conflicts. Something goes wrong in communication, people feel attacked or discounted, and instead of listening or assuming good intention […]