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Managing Difficult Relationships

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Being able to communicate, while remaining confident and calm is a great skill to have, especially in the workplace where you might be faced with people who challenge you. Join Amy Gallo and Roshi Joan Halifax and learn how to ease tension and conflict whilst allowing for an open and collaborative conversation.

ForgivenessConfidenceWorkplacePsychologySecular MindfulnessCompassion MeditationMindfulnessStressRelationshipsHealth & HappinessPerformanceStress & AnxietyScienceSecular

Meet your Teacher

Insight Timer
Sydney NSW, Australia

Amy Gallo is a workplace expert on conflict, communication, and feedback. A contributing editor at Harvard Business Review, she co-hosts the Women at Work podcast and is the author of The HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict and Getting Along: How to Work with Anyone (Even Difficult People). She teaches in the Emotional Intelligence Coaching Certificate Program and speaks internationally on building healthier, more productive work relationships. Roshi Joan Halifax is a Buddhist teacher, medical anthropologist, and founder of the Upaya Zen Center. She is a leading voice in the field of compassionate leadership and conflict transformation, drawing on decades of work with caregivers, activists, and professionals. Known for her integration of mindfulness and social action, Roshi Joan helps people navigate challenge with clarity, presence, and empathy, whether in the workplace, healthcare, or community settings.

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2 Days

1.9k students

4.5 stars

11 min / day

Forgiveness

English

Lesson 1

Theory: Dealing With A Bully At Work

In this session, you’ll explore the dynamics behind difficult workplace relationships, especially when dealing with someone who consistently challenges your ideas or undermines your voice. Learn why certain behaviors, like interrupting or passive-aggressive comments, trigger strong emotional responses, and how to stay grounded in the face of them.

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Lesson 2

Practice: How To Manage Difficult Relationships

Guided by Roshi Joan Halifax, this practice introduces the G.R.A.C.E. meditation, a powerful tool designed to help you meet conflict with empathy, clarity, and presence. Whether you're navigating a tense conversation, feeling emotionally charged, or struggling with a difficult colleague, this meditation offers a structured approach to pause, reflect, and respond from a grounded and compassionate place.

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Recent Reviews

Jennifer

Jennifer

April 11, 2024

Found this topic and activity so relevant to my needs in working with others.

Maux

Maux

March 16, 2023

This is helpful. Although, attuning to another, in the workplace, who I don’t know well, I can’t honestly know how they feel or what they are going through. I only know that they’re highly challenging. Too make an assumption on their truth is not what I believe is mine to do.

Tad

Tad

December 6, 2022

In my mind this made the work relationship situation more complicated than it actually is.

Lynseiy

Lynseiy

June 15, 2022

Thank you beautiful Souls for the guidance that I find most insightful and encouraging to restore the balance that I fully support Namaste 🙏 ❤

Sandy

Sandy

April 29, 2022

Very timely, practical suggestions. Thanks

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