John Kinyon - From Conflict To Connection: Transforming Difficult Conversations Into Peaceful Resolutions (Mediate Your Life: A Guide to Removing Barriers to Communication Book 2)

In this profound yet practical guide, John Kinyon and Ike Lasater show us that within every conflict lies the seed of transformation. From Conflict to Connection doesnt just offer a better way to resolve conflict, it provides a means of using conflict to deepen our connection to others and to ourselves.

Chris Kresser M.S., L.Ac

author of NY Times bestseller The Paleo Cure

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From Conflict to Connection gives you the ability to develop valuable and effective skills for dealing with conflict in personal and work relationships. When you apply what John and Ike teach in these pages, youll move closer to the life and relationships you most want.

Mike Robbins

author of Nothing Changes Until You Do

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Written with tender precision, this book is a complete guide to navigating interpersonal engagement. A happy by-product is how these external practices inexorably move us to a greater capacity for inner peace.

Lee Glickstein

founder of Speaking Circles International and author of Be Heard Now! Tap Into Your Inner Speaker and Communicate with Ease

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This amazing book is like having a GPS for navigating conflict. It offers step-by-step, concrete tools to get you to where you want to bein a place of harmonious, peaceful, and meaningful relationship with yourself and others. A true roadmap to happiness.

Kristin Neff, Ph.D.

author of Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself

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Kinyon, Lasater, and Stiles describe a concise and thorough path for anyone seeking to transform the habitual cycles of conflict that plague our culture, families, organizations, and selves. Walking this path gradually frees us up from habits that otherwise undermine our lives and our work; instead, we develop our capacities and abilities for greater freedom, clarity, creativity, and service to others. Thus, these practices are crucial to building a better future for us all.

Jeff Barnum

Magenta, magenta.fm

From Conflict to Connection is a beautifully and thoroughly written offering that can provide clear and powerful support to everyone in a relationship. The clear, everyday examples that illustrate the concepts make this an eminently practical book. I am happy to know that John and Ike are in the world sharing NVC in such an accessible way. I feel a partnership in their work and believe this book will go a long way to giving people a way through conflict to real communication. A wonderful and important enhancement to the legacy of Marshall Rosenberg.

Robert Gonzales

author of Reflections on Living Compassion ; CNVC certified trainer

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John and Ike offer a unique approach to responding effectively in difficult and crucial conversations, in personal life and at work. Their work is a valuable contribution to how human beings are learning to create peace and resolve conflicts compassionately and collaboratively.

Cort Worthington

faculty, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business

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Theyve done it again! Written a book that is engaging, stimulating, thought provoking, and potentially life-changing for those who are willing to do the exercises and apply the principles to their lives. From Conflict to Connection is a winner!

Sylvia Haskvitz, MA, RD,

CNVC certified trainer; author of Eat by Choice, Not by Habit

Systems thinkers teach that in any system there is one touchpoint that will yield the greatest amount of influence while requiring the least amount of effort. In this refreshingly clear and accessible book, Ike Lasater and John Kinyon demonstrate that in all human systemsfamily, friendships, community, business and politicalthat point just might be conflict itself. Full of learnable, practical, and doable skills, this book is a how-to guide for anyone who wants to be an agent of peace and happiness.

Mitch Anthony

idea wrangler, design and brand strategist for Clarity

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A wonderfully satisfying evolution of John and Ikes previous volume. The authors engagement with conflict through embodying Mediator Mind reminds us to cultivate our distinguishing characteristic as human beings: self-awareness. Awareness coupled with observation can allow us to successfully guide ourselves to positive, compassionate resolutions that can transform our individual and collective lives. John and Ikes work is a true gift of love in service!

Shira Marin, PhD

developer of Intentional Life Design for Couples;

co-founder, The Hekate Institute for Leadership Communication; author of Shards of a Broken Mystery: The Restoration of Hekate

It is rare to find a book about human relationships that offers both transformative insights and well-articulated practices for applying those insights in real-world situations. It is even rarer for such a book to be clear, compelling, and enjoyable to read. From Conflict to Connection is that book and is a graceful distillation of John and Ike's years of developing Marshall Rosenberg's work of Nonviolent Communication to a new level of understanding and practical application. Throughout the book, their commitment to peace shines through, illuminating the path to a world where everyone's needs can be met through compassionate giving.

Jesse Wiens and Catherine Cadden

Center for Nonviolent Communication certified trainers;

founders of ZENVC and Play in the Wild!

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The historical complexities of the relationships within a family-owned business are rife with conflict. From Conflict to Connection offers step-by-step mapping to help advisors and individuals navigate the predictable challenges that come with mixing family and business. Ike and John provide a roadmap to help us recognize what our role is within conflict and how to take responsibility to initiate change within ourselves to resolve conflict and choose peace.

Ricci M. Victorio, CSP, CPCC, ACC

managing director, Mosaic Family Business Center;

president, ICF San Francisco Bay Area Coaches

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How much conflict do you navigate on a daily basis with your spouse, children, friends, neighbors, colleagues, store clerks, etc.? Its a major part of our lives, yet we spend so little time improving our skills. John Kinyon and Ike Lasaters book is radiant in its ability to simplify conflictits symptoms and demonstrationsand clarify the road to peaceful resolution. They dont offer pie-in-the-sky theory. Instead, they offer concrete, practical tools that you can integrate into your life today . Its brilliant and easily applicable. Im certain it will transform the way you perceive and navigate conflict and therefore every person with whom you come in contact.

Mary Mackenzie, M.A.

author of Peaceful Living: Daily Meditations for Living with

Love, Healing and Compassion ; co-founder, NVC Academy

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Being human, I am subject to conflict. It not only threatens my dreams and desires, but I am robbed of peace and well-being as soon as my heart experiences alienation from others. I am grateful to John and Ike for applying their profound grasp of Nonviolent Communication principles in offering us a comprehensive framework to effectively move us through all manners of conflict. I appreciate their clear, thorough, and methodical guidance and the timely appearance of this manual in a world riddled with ruptured relationships. Ill be keeping this book close to hand!

Lucy Leu

CNVC certified trainer;

founder of Puget Sound Network for Compassionate Communication; author of Nonviolent Communication Companion Workbook

From Conflict to Connection isnt intended to provide the answer to solve your problems. It goes beyond that. The authors offer concepts and principles to change your mind about what causes conflict and what resolves it. They make a clear case that peaceful resolution of conflict is not only consistently possible, its learnable. Put their potent and time-tested tools into practice and discover your own answer to the essential question, How can I endeavor to live the life I imagine?