Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the hustle and bustle of daily life, we often find ourselves avoiding conflict to keep the peace. While this might seem like ...

I recently spent some time travelling with my father. We haven’t lived together for a long time and are both rather set in our ways. As one would expect, we had a fight. My typical manner of resolving ...

The desire to avoid conflict in a relationship is common, but for very different reasons. First, involvement with a partner who is unable to perspective-take makes it nearly impossible to work out ...

Of the topics that most chafe my college students when I teach my seminar Leading Lives That Matter, family relationships tops the list. Unfortunately, the usual way my students deal with these ...

I’ve been involved in my share of conflict over the years. I’ve observed that many people respond to conflict in one of two ways: They either run from it like a burning building or charge straight ...

Avoidance can appear as a strength when you look disengaged and indifferent. More often, it’s fear. A fear of vulnerability, abandonment, confrontation and of what might surface if the conversation ...

Every team has a “mild salsa” person. You know the one. They won’t touch anything spicier than ketchup, panics at the sight of a jalapeño, lives by the motto “Better safe than sorry.” You lovingly ...

This mandatory level 1 competency is fundamental to being a chartered surveyor. The property and construction industries are competitive environments and conflict is inevitable. Disputes are a ...

Sometimes it's tempting to just avoid thinking about stress, but there are better ways to cope. These behaviors are forms of avoidance coping. Here's more about what that means as well as how you can ...

Conflict Avoidance, Can Have a Huge Impact on Relationships. NBC's 'Think' report highlights a growing trend of conflict avoidance across a wide spectrum of interpersonal relationships. This ranges ...