Episode 44
Maintaining Your Cool During Family Conflict with Kimberly Best
Laura and Kimberly explore the world of transformative mediation with family members who are caring for older adults. Kimberly has some fantastic tips on maintaining your calm in the midst of family chaos. You will love this discussion!
Here are some interesting points from our discussion:
-Factors that might contribute to caregiving conflict
-Helpful tips for handling conflict with family members
-How professional mediation can be helpful for families
Kimberly Best is a trained Family Mediator and owns Best Conflict Solutions focusing on collaborative problem-solving in healthcare, small business mediation, and conflict management, organizational conflict, elder mediation, family and relationship mediation, dialogue facilitation, and conflict coaching. She spent the first season of her career as a Registered Nurse in intensive care, trauma, and emergency medicine, where she cared for people in extreme need and gained valuable experience in the medical system.
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