The Conflict Crunch

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Phyllis Olins

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280 pages

How to Turn Conflict into Opportunity

Master everyday and deep-rooted conflict with The Conflict Crunch, perfect for readers of What If You Are the Answer by Rachel Hollis and The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins.

The divorce papers on your kitchen counter? Your neighbor’s middle of the night carpentry hobby? The news segment you can’t unsee on your morning commute? If you’re a sentient being with a pulse, you’re feeling conflict’s sting.

So how do you resolve conflicts that initially appear insurmountable? For more than three decades, Phyllis Olins has studied the art of peacemaking, and now, for the first time, she offers her practical approach to transcending conflicts large and small.

The Conflict Crunch: How to Turn Conflict into Opportunity introduces an easy, 8-step process that allows you to survive and even thrive in the face of your thorniest dilemmas. The Costco parking lot? An eavesdropping co-worker? Thanksgiving? Read this guidebook and you will say, I’ve got this.

Phyllis Olins

Phyllis Olins is a conflict mediator with twenty years of experience in education, conflict counseling and intervention for Poway Unified School District in Southern California. In private practice for over a decade, she currently shares her unique approach to conflict resolution with individuals, faith communities, civic groups and businesses. Her book, How Not to be a Jerk or a Victim, offers myriad examples of personal, professional and existential empowerment through the unexpected reversal of conflicts small and large. Olins is the recipient of the Connecting for Success Award for community relations (San Diego County Office of Education) as well as an appointee to the California State School Attendance Review Board. With a practice of healing relationships in the diverse and challenging worlds of her clients, her work speaks to a multi-cultural audience. Her 8-Step Conflict Crunch process is grounded in justice, kindness, and humility, allowing its practitioners to reach beyond the superficial realm into a place of deep healing.

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