EP 296: How to Have a Hard Conversation with a Parent with Max

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode is about having difficult conversations with our parents. Today’s caller, Max, is trying to avoid being triggered when he speaks to his father. We discuss how Max can ease the impact on his inner child and not experience an expectation hangover.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[For show notes, go here:</span> <a href="http://christinehassler.com/episode296"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Christinehassler.com/episode296</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">]</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If a parent or someone we love opens the door to have a conversation we want to run right through and share everything we have been wanting to say for the last 20 years. The other person may feel bombarded and not be ready to hear everything we have to say in one conversation.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you are offered an open door with someone who has been closed for a very long time, do not rush through it thinking it is a green light to speak about everything you have been holding in for decades. Sometimes we need triggering events to create momentum and shifts in a relationship. It is better to approach the situation slowly.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">*Coaches — this is where you want to be mindful with your clients. For someone who has a triggering relationship, if they have an opportunity like that you want to support them and guide them through walking through the door slowly. Coach them toward taking baby steps so they don’t end up with a massive expectation hangover.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Join us for our virtual Relationship Retreat on June 11‒13, 2021. It will be recorded if you can’t make it live. Go to</span></em> <a href= "https://christinehassler.com/relationshipretreat"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">ChristineHassler.com/relationshipretreat</span></em></a><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We will discuss mascul