The political climate in the US is particularly hostile this year, making this holiday season incredibly challenging for many families. The divide has strained relationships, resulting in uninvited guests, declined invitations, and even complete silence between loved ones. Family gatherings can feel like battlefields of opposing political ideologies, turning Thanksgiving tables into virtual communication landmines. […]
The Tricks to Talking Politics from Opposite Sides
Talking politics with loved ones (and strangers, too) can be a difficult feat even in the best of times. Politics today, however, is far from the best of times. We are in some of the more divisive times I can remember in my lifetime and it’s wreaking havoc in many families. In my office, clients […]
Is it Possible to Talk Politics Without Losing Friends?
And Can You do so with a Grounded Powerful Strength? I have found myself asking this question often during this election process. For the first time in history, we have a female presidential candidate running against a “non-political business man.” This election has gone so far beyond politics that it’s striking at the heart of […]