You can navigate from this one page to all posts in the four categories I write about. Use the contact page to ask The Conflict Doctor your question about any conflict topic.

Conflict in Fiction and Popular Culture

• What color is loneliness? (1/29/2019)
• An Improbable Tale Of Alien Romance (5/25/2018)
• TV guide to conflict competence (1/30/2018)
• Three hopeful truths for 2018 (1/21/2018)
• Does conflict competence make a good story? (8/14/2017)
• FICTIONALIZING CONFLICT (7/26/2017)
• Will practice make up for lack of talent? (6/27/2017)
• The Power of Pessimism (11/7/2016)
• How did national elections descend into a reality TV show? (10/8/2015)
• 3 questions better than ‘why me’ (7/3/2015)
• Get over it or get past it (or both)? (2/18/2015)
• Escaped from Death again, now exploring Life’s purpose (3/30/2014)
• Bogart’s character Rick in Casablanca: is he an optimist or pessimist? (1/14/2014)
• The Mind Of A Mediator: my novel in progress (12/3/2013)
• Changing piece of mind to peace of mind (11/9/2013)
• My medical choice is different than Angelina Jolie’s (7/22/2013)
• Restitution for chemotherapy’s criminal tendencies (7/7/2013)
• 4 days after the Calgary flood – #YYCflood, #abflood (6/26/2013)
• Mentors light my path like lanterns (4/26/2013)
• Two and counting (3/13/2013)
• Political statement one beauty product at a time (3/7/2013)
• Ali and Nino; a better path to restore honour without killing (3/1/2013)
• Worlds in our words (12/24/2012)
• Passing the Regret Test (12/20/2012)
• Breastless Love, The Man Who Stayed with the ‘Sick’ Woman (12/15/2012)
• Stand up to what bullies you (12/5/2012)
• My body reminds me of Poland (11/29/2012)
• Cancer’s a game changer but I’ve still got game (11/27/2012)
• Laughter – best medicine or defense mechanism? (11/25/2012)
• Remission’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose (11/24/2012)
• The advantages of chemo brain fog (11/19/2012)
• Top 10 list of having breast cancer (11/16/2012)
• Good news, honey, I have breast cancer – we can get a dog (11/15/2012)
• A Bride in palliative care is a model of hope (11/11/2012)
• Brain Fog, Chemo Fog, Chemo Brain – no fun by any name (11/11/2012)
• BOGO, would you like a double with that mastectomy? (11/9/2012)
• Flat is Beautiful (11/8/2012)
• Yes, I can handle the truth. I’m a conflict manager (11/6/2012)
• Breaking the news I had Triple Negative Breast Cancer (11/5/2012)
• Bests of breastlessness (11/4/2012)
• Embracing breastlessness (11/3/2012)
• Relearning to be happy (11/2/2012)
• Transforming Conflict Attitudes (12/31/2008)

Conflict Competence

• Tips for Teaching Conflict Competence to Physically Distanced Children (1/25/2021)
• Conflict Mental Maps (1/2/2020)
• Updating a useful metaphor (12/4/2017)
• DO CONFLICT BETTER (6/26/2017)
• Rob Ford’s simple rules of leadership (3/24/2016)
• Does regret deserve another chance? (12/11/2015)
• Is peace a reward for patience? (12/24/2014)
• Trust the tail, the truth is there (7/24/2014)
• I got news that trumped Fear with Optimism (6/1/2014)
• Toronto Mayor Rob Ford’s Valentine’s Day simple rules for love and loyalty (2/16/2014)
• Resilience helps after a quadruple mastectomy (yup – 4 of ’em) (9/30/2013)
• The Secret for Recovery from Post Change Syndrome (8/22/2013)
• Conflict Analysis of Dialogue (6/9/2013)
• Metaphors for conflict competence (9/24/2011)
• The power of apology in conflict (9/10/2011)
• Short term success or long term conflict management? (7/15/2011)
• High salaries don’t guarantee conflict competence (1/28/2011)
• Hollywood can teach about conflict management (11/17/2010)
• Conflict management myths (3/22/2010)
• What does it mean to be conflict ‘competent’ (2/21/2010)
• Conflict management lessons from President Obama (1/6/2010)
• Lesson on Conflict from the Galapagos Islands (6/30/2009)
• conflicts when the goals are the same (4/29/2009)
• Adversity made easier with Conflict Competence (2/27/2008)

The Cassandra Files: my opinions without impartiality

• Six lessons from failure (12/24/2021)
• Policies, Publics, and Protests (7/28/2021)
• A Conflict Analysis of Radical Freedom (1/10/2021)
• Are judges losing the art of being persuaded? (10/1/2020)
• The convictions of one’s courage (9/18/2018)
• Hashtag expiry dates on important issues (5/11/2018)
• 11th reason to thank the Trolls (3/12/2018)
• 10 reasons to thank the Trolls (3/3/2018)
• How to make the choices better? (4/1/2013)
• Conflicts and health are frozen accidents (3/17/2013)
• Professionalization of Conflict Resolvers (8/12/2012)
• Relationships matter as much as technology (10/22/2010)
• Conflict Analysis of Theory of Mind (4/25/2010)
• Pandemic panic conflict (11/1/2009)
• Keeping girl babies alive is conflict prevention (6/30/2009)
• Good Manners = Good Conflict Management (5/7/2009)

The Conflict Doctor Answers Your FAQ

• Conflict management unlimited (5/27/2018)
• Role of power in apologies (8/19/2017)
• 10 TIPS to becoming a Conflict Manager (8/14/2017)
• Kindness is my Kryptonite (11/10/2016)
• How to change other peoples’ conflict behaviour (10/18/2015)
• CONFLICT DOCTOR IS IN (4/21/2014)
• A Conflict Analysis of Why (4/20/2014)
• Role play a sustainability conflict (3/13/2013)
• Conflict management helps reduce stress (12/10/2011)
• A conflict analysis of anger (5/31/2011)
• TIPs to improve work relationships (8/22/2010)
• Conflicts from confused roles and responsibilities (7/26/2010)
• Being difficult and being yourself (5/29/2010)
• Conflict management and storytelling (1/26/2010)
• Blind Spot analysis (11/28/2009)
• Apologies have a role in conflict management (8/31/2009)
• Disappointed Expectations are a Source of Conflict (7/31/2009)
• Positive behavior models at work (4/20/2009)
• You don’t need permission to change a conflict (3/23/2009)
• Conflict is a Relationship (3/15/2009)
• It Depends: Finding balance in conflict (1/31/2009)

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