Here is one simple action step that can turn a power struggle into a learning opportunity. If you respond to an upset person by getting upset yourself, you have perpetuated the cycle. But the moment you sit down and calmly say, “I’d like to listen to what you have to say without trying to control your behavior or change your opinion” is the day you begin to become the trustworthy, calm leader your family needs.
Can you do that? Can your spouse? If you can’t, if you have to lecture or prove your point, then you are provoking and inflaming the situation. It will NEVER get better because you are dependent on the other person’s response. My goal is to teach you how to spread calm and get back control over your life…instead of just hoping other people change.
