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Difficult Conversations

The conversation you have been dreading for months. How to prepare, how to start, how to stay in it, and how to close without leaving wreckage. One of HopeVersity's most-requested Schools.

7Courses
42Episodes
4.0hRuntime
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Life-Ready proof task

"Prepare for and hold one real difficult conversation you have been avoiding."

7 courses · 42 episodes · 4.0 hours

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01

Why We Avoid Hard ConversationsFree

The psychology of avoidance. What your brain is protecting you from — and what it costs you.

6 episodes34 minCBT
01
The Conversation You Have Been Avoiding
Name it. Right now. The person, the topic, and how long you have been putting it off.
5 min02
What Avoidance Actually Costs
The slow erosion. The resentment. The distance. The thing that gets worse every week you wait.
6 min03
The CBT of Avoidance
Thought: "It will go badly." Feeling: dread. Behavior: avoid. Outcome: nothing changes. How to interrupt the chain.
6 min04
Fear vs Danger
Most hard conversations feel dangerous but are not. Learning to tell the difference between discomfort and actual threat.
5 min05
The Cost of Silence
What the other person experiences when you say nothing. Silence is not neutral. It is a message.
6 min06
Giving Yourself Permission to Start
You do not need to be ready. You need to be willing. The difference between those two things.
6 min
02

The Anatomy of a Hard ConversationFree

What actually happens inside a difficult conversation — the structure nobody taught you.

6 episodes35 min
03

Listening Like You Mean ItFree

Real listening. Not waiting for your turn to talk.

6 episodes33 minCBT
04

Saying the Hard ThingSubscribe

How to tell the truth without making it worse.

6 episodes35 min
05

RepairSubscribe

What to do after the conversation went badly.

6 episodes34 minCBT
06

Specific ConversationsSubscribe

Templates for the five hardest conversations most people face.

6 episodes36 min
07

After the ConversationSubscribe

What to do with what just happened.

6 episodes33 min
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