Closer than it feels
For arguments, distance, and the words that come after.
Six sessions for conflict in relationships that are basically safe: see the pattern, find the room you actually have, and prepare a conversation where understanding and clarity can both fit.
The lessons
- 01Reflection · 7 min
What's standing between you
You make a sober snapshot of the conflict, without having to solve it in the practice.
- 02Reflection · 7 min
Your own part, without the blame
Responsibility is limited to your own behaviour, and kept clearly apart from taking blame for the other person's.
- 03Body practice · 8 min
Anger has a place in the body
Anger is taken as information, without becoming a justification for hurtful behaviour.
- 04Reflection · 8 min
Listening before you answer
Active listening is practised as a skill you can check; understanding stays separate from agreeing.
- 05Reflection · 8 min
The sentence you want to say
An accusation and some mind reading become an honest, limited opening, with no guarantee of agreement.
- 06Reflection · 9 min
Closer than it feels
The final session brings self-clarity, regulation, listening and speaking together into a realistic next step.
The length is calculated, not estimated: it follows from the spoken text and the pauses inside it. What it says here is how long it takes.
How the course works
The lessons build on each other — lesson two knows what happened in lesson one and picks it up. You listen and follow; between the sentences there is silence, where nothing has to happen. You choose the voice and the background sound yourself, and if you play a lesson a second time you get a different welcome than the first time.
The first lesson is free, with no time limit. Everything else is part of Gentle Plus at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year, cancellable any time.
