151: How To Communicate With Your team without Flipping your Lid
Turns out “flipping your lid” happens to the best of us! In today’s episode, you’ll learn about the science behind what is happening in your brain as you react to various, high-tension scenarios (fight, flight, freeze, or fawn). Knowing how to detect what your brain is doing can help you “HALT” conversations as needed when you are Hungry, Angry, Lonely, or Tired. Check out today’s episode for actionable ways to not only use this in your own life but also to empower your team with healthy communication responses.
Quotes
- It can be tough to break through the noise and get people’s attention during [the fall] season.
- It’s interesting to see how Scripture reflects God’s wisdom on how to deal with anger and flipping our lids.
- Research has shown that to slow the amygdala response or to re-engage our logic center, we need to tell our bodies we are not in danger.
- When someone has flipped their lid, it’s not a good time to have a logical discussion on why they are being inappropriate.
- Essentially, you shouldn’t have any meaningful or potentially conflict-inducing conversations at the end of a workday, before you eat dinner after sitting alone in your home office after a sleepless night.
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