There’s a particular kind of emotional vertigo that hits when you finish building something serious and prepare to release it into the world, only to realize you’re releasing it into a landscape that feels like a discount bin at the world’s loudest personal growth convention. *beeee...

From tools to tactics     By the time we had sifted through the literature, rejected the fluff, and traced the shared spine running through the best conflict models, we were left with something that looked promising on paper. But paper isn’t practice. Conflict, as we’d seen over and ov...

How to fight your dad - and win “You’re a failure,” he screamed at me. Red faced, spit flying from his mouth, hands balled into fists as he stared me down. “You never amounted to anything. And you don’t come home to visit!” I took a breath. Then I yelled back, just as loudly. “Don’t you want me t...