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Welcome to the Mastering Midlife Podcast where we explore life at it’s most stressful and most productive.  We will be featuring conversations with experts in the field of Mental Health, Executive Leadership, Business, Health, Exercise, Nutrition, Sex, and Relationship.  Midlife is a powerful time, and together we will learn to “thrive when the world asks the most of us.”

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Tackling Difficult Conversations with Jen Dalton

Nov 2, 2020

 

 

Jen Dalton is the Founder and CEO of BrandMirror, a brand under which she uses her certified master brand strategies to coach thousands of individuals, CEO’s, and entrepreneurs on how to stand out since 2012. In 2016 she published the bestselling book The International Entrepreneur to share her process for building an entrepreneurial brand. Jen is an international keynote speaker who specializes in helping leaders clarify their purpose and passion in order to stand out. She is currently completing her next book, as yet untitled but due to be released in December 2020.

 

Jen joins me to discuss the difficult, angry, and emotionally triggering conversations we often find ourselves in within close relationships and the people we love. She shares the moment an offhand political comment from her husband fired up an overwhelming emotional reaction in her, leading her to investigate why we struggle with hard conversations. Jen explains the primal reactions of how our brain’s work and shares tips on how to manage our strong emotional responses. She also discusses the importance of managing such conversations in society as a whole and how with an empathetic ear you can connect with those you don't agree with without intense conflict.

 

 

 

“A difficult conversation isn't about winning. It’s just about listening and moving forward together.” - Jen Dalton

 

 

 

Today on Mastering Midlife:

 

  • Jen’s fight or flight moment that sparked the creation of her new book
  • Why our need to be authentic means having conversations you wish to avoid
  • What happens when our brain’s amygdala (our fight or flight reactions) fire up
  • Why listening is better than instructing in open dialogue
  • What you should consider about the other person's point of view
  • Jen’s tips on tackling your own fear responses
  • Why you should keep empathy in the foreground of your conversations

 

 

 

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