Cultivating Patience With Challenging People - by Clint van Heerden

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Cultivating Patience With Challenging People

With Clint van Heerden

When people push your buttons, patience can feel like the hardest thing in the world - yet it’s one of the most powerful emotional skills you can develop. ‘Cultivating Patience With Challenging People’ is a three-day audio course designed to help you stay grounded, calm, and compassionate when others test your limits. Each short session blends insight (head), emotion (heart), and practical action (hands), so you can understand your triggers, shift your perspective, and respond from clarity instead of frustration. By the end, you’ll feel more centered, less reactive, and better equipped to handle even the toughest interactions with grace and steadiness. Music attribution: The Open Sky by Alex- Productions | https://onsound.eu/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons CC BY 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/


Meet your Teacher

Clint, a Chartered Accountant (SA) with a Masters in Education (Information and Communication Technology), is dedicated to fostering growth in others. With a remarkable 15-year tenure in people development, Clint led global training initiatives, and designed interactive training experiences. Beyond work, he enjoys running, wine tasting, travel, and reading.

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3 Days

124 students

4.7 stars

4 min / day

Compassion

English


Lesson 1

Understanding Impatience

Today's lesson explores where impatience comes from and why it shows up so easily when people don't meet our expectations. You'll learn to notice impatience as a signal rather than a flaw: a message from your mind that something feels out of control. By becoming aware of your emotional triggers, you begin creating space between reaction and response.

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Lesson 2

Shifting Perspective

This lesson focuses on seeing challenging people through a softer lens. You'll explore how understanding another person's stress, fear, or insecurity can help you respond with empathy instead of irritation. By practicing perspective-taking, you begin to release judgment and reclaim your own sense of calm.

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Lesson 3

Choosing Calm And Compassion

The final lesson brings everything together: awareness, understanding, and intentional choice. You'll discover simple grounding techniques to help you stay steady in the face of tension. By choosing calm and compassion, you learn to protect your peace and respond from strength rather than reactivity.

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4.7 (27)

Recent Reviews

Dawn

January 15, 2026

What a great reminder that I can choose my reaction & be kind to the other

Nancy

Nancy

November 7, 2025

Clear succinct and helpful

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