Plus, a live webinar with author Connie Podesta.
| JUNE 28, 2023 • VOL. 21 ISSUE 26 | | | Hi John,
One of the challenges of holding Crucial Conversations is that we must let go of the desire to change others precisely when that is what we want to do most. Today’s Q&A reminds us that motives matter. |
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| | My Adult Daughter is Severely Overweight. What Can I Do? | | by Ryan Trimble
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| | I have a 38-year-old daughter who is severely overweight and doesn’t want to hear anything about the issue. She shops doctors and has subscribed to the “anti-diet” philosophy, which I can see some value in. However, she has taken this philosophy into the realm of cultism. I do not know what to do. It is ruining her life. Please help me. Typical psychology experts have been no help to this point.
Signed,
Perturbed Parent
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| | | | You may not like what I’m about to say and end up lumping me in that group of psychology experts you’ve talked with, but please know my goal is to help, even if that means challenging you a bit.
Here’s what I think you should do: forget about changing your daughter and work on changing yourself. Her habits, however unhealthy they might be, are not your responsibility. They may have been when she was a child under your care and supervision, but given that she’s a 38-year-old adult who “doesn’t want to hear anything about the issue,” it’s time to let go and look inward. | | |
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| | Life Would Be Easy If It Weren’t for Other People | | Connie Podesta is the author of How to Be the Person Successful Companies Want to Keep, 10 Ways to Stand Out from the Crowd, and Life Would Be Easy If It Weren’t for Other People. Her mission for more than 25 years has been to help people understand people. Join her July 11 in the first of our Summer Webinar Series. | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | Sep 25–29 | | Crucial Conversations® for Accountability | | Join us live online and learn how to: Master performance discussions. Manage projects without taking over. Reach alignment when stakes are high and opinions vary. Strengthen trust and reliability. Get better results and improve relationships. | | | |
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| | | | | | The place to improve the world is first in one’s own heart and head and hands. | | | | | |
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