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Do you do everything possible to avoid confrontation? Or do you react like a cornered animal and become overly defensive when a disagreement gets heated? Either reaction could be harming your health and your relationships.
First thing’s first – we’ve all been there. The temperature is rising, tempers are flared and the ‘mother of all arguments’ is threatening to kick off. But what do you do? Enter a slanging match that ends with nothing resolved? Or are you a peacemaker at any cost, who bites your tongue and caves into the louder, angrier voice? Perhaps conflict makes you panic,