“Searingly insightful, engaging, profound, and practical.”
-Alan Blankstein, founder of the HOPE Foundation
“Be prepared! When you meet Sam, you will likely feel an immediate sense of calm and trust. He has that effect on people. He is an engaging, curious listener and teacher, and dare I say, a master of the hard conversation.”
- Tim Orbaugh, PhD, Entrepreneur Consultant, Tucson
“I started and ran two organizations that collectively published hundreds of books that I personally green-lighted, and I’ve written almost a score of books myself. Sam’s book hones in on the essence of interpersonal relationships and their connections to the inner workings of each individual – is extraordinarily relevant and essential to all of our lives.”
- Alan Blankstein, founder of the HOPE Foundation, New York
“Sam has the wisdom to see when situations that we encounter and that need to be resolved are crowded out by our fear and anger. Sam has enough sense of self to not be afraid to ask hard questions and risk challenging you if he thinks it will help you resolve a complex issue.”
- Ray McKinnon, Academy-Award-winning write, Los Angeles
Positively Conflicted
Most of us have a messy relationship with conflict. When confronted with it, our fight-or-flight response kicks in and we rush into battle or retreat. By defaulting to one of these options, however, we may damage ties to people we care about, open ourselves up to future retaliation, allow resentments to fester, and miss opportunities.
Positively Conflicted invites us to reexamine our instinctive and often destructive reactions to conflict. With decades of experience in mediation, Sam Ardery doesn’t offer advice on how to win every fight, nor does he promise a one-size-fits-all solution to complex issues. Instead, he presents a unique perspective—one that enables us to engage with conflict in novel and courageous ways.
Readers will learn to:
- Recognize The Justice Gene and reconsider preconceived notions about fairness
- Listen radically
- Embrace discomfort to respond in counterintuitive ways
- Self-advocate without being combative
Full of stories from the author’s own life and the mediations he’s facilitated, Positively Conflicted shows us how conflict can be productive—even nourishing—when approached with curiosity, kindness, and openness.
Listen to the Positively Conflicted audiobook for free on all major podcast platforms.
DONNA SPEARS
Sam is genuine, witty, and a captivating speaker. His book is a “must read asap “ and his seminars are even more captivating.
I highly recommend his book and please attend a seminar if the opportunity presents itself."