by Kerri | Oct 5, 2018 | Conflict Resolution, Leadership, Parenting
This piece originally appeared in the October 2018 ‘Choice’ issue of Fernie Fix Magazine. Adults (in British Columbia) get to declare their choices for local government elected officials on October 20th. Although young people cannot yet participate in this...
by Kerri | Apr 3, 2016 | Communication, Conflict Resolution, Parenting
There was a confrontation. You had an argument. Maybe there was yelling. Both of you said some stupid things to each other and now there’s an icy tension. There’s no going back for a do-over, so how are you going to move ahead? It’s likely that what actually...
by Kerri | Mar 10, 2016 | Communication, Conflict Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Feelings, Parenting
This one is a story about a single mom I coached through a conflict with her son. We will call the mom Joan and the teenager Jeff. Joan bought herself and 17-year-old Jeff both golf club memberships last autumn during the early bird sale. This is something Joan has...
by Kerri | Nov 8, 2015 | Conflict Coaching, Conflict Resolution, Homework, Parenting
The other day a mom (I’ll call her ‘Judy’) came to me for coaching about a conflict over homework with her 14 year-old son (I’ll call him ‘Ben’). She explained that they have been fighting about homework for a few years but now that he’s taller than her and more...
by Kerri | Apr 15, 2015 | Communication, Conflict Resolution, Listening, Parenting
The day The Boy got his driver’s license he asked me if he could use my vehicle to drive to a friend’s house about 7 kilometres out of town. I said no problem. He seriously aced his driving exam that afternoon and the impressed instructor had even taken me aside to...
by Kerri | Nov 17, 2012 | Conflict Resolution
During my work as a youth addictions counsellor, when I had questions about the union I belonged to my colleagues would frequently mention this man Greg (not his real name, of course, but I swear this guy would be the first person to say, “you can refer to me by...
