Include Me

Conflict “When I believe that if you get what you want, I cannot have what I want” (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven, 2015, p. 214). Conflict resolution, know it, live it, mediate it on almost a daily basis.  Whether faced head-on with a confrontation or positioned as a mediator between staff or colleagues, in my professional role, this is one of my most active skill sets.  When it comes to my personal life; however, I am a walking conflict, and although most are trivial and quickly resolved, many have festered for years.  Unfortunately, it is in those that I have allowed to fester that has influenced my current role as wife and mother.  Where did it all begin; in my early childhood.  Additionally, because of these lifelong experiences, I find my most significant conflicts happening within myself; but with knowledge, comes the ability to change. My mother is a loving human-being who I cherish; as long as it is at a distance.  Growing up in a broken home I never qui