The book "Assertive Peacemaking in a Divided World" splits conflict into two parts: first, managing your own reactions through grounding techniques, then having constructive conversations with the other person. It's built for relationships and mental health.
So the book is the and way the subtitles Assertive peacemaking in a divided world. Our country, our world is so divided, it's so polarized, it's so right versus left. But what are some other examples of how somebody's going to use this technique? How are they going to apply this in their own life? What are some examples of how this will help people in a practical way to improve their relationships, improve their mental health, and so on?
The first half of the book is all about how we do this internally. And then once people have really reflected and gone through those chapters and the second half of the book is how we do this interpersonally, recognizing that in the moment of crisis, in the moment of conflict, there are usually a few different responses that we go to and we usually have more of a default. Maybe it's not the same default response with every single person, but you may know, hey, my default with mom is getting aggressive. Hey, my default with dad is shutting down. My default with my sister is a different one than it is with my boss at work. There are times where being passive is something that helps us survive. And yet, as often as possible, how can we recognize the instinct to want to shut down or explode and and instead pull back and use some grounding techniques to pull back into our most grounded, centered self and then from there have a more constructive conversation with someone.
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