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Conflict Owner's Manual

we show how your conflict competencies help you do conflict better.

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Dr. Deborah Sword is a specialist in conflict analysis and management. Tyson Bankert is a community facilitator and artist. We have decades of experience and training in helping people expand their conflict competencies.

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86 What's the right age for repairing a relationship?

July 30, 2025 • Dr. Deborah Sword, with co-host Tyson Bankert • Season 3 • Episode 86

Tyson and I are grateful to have Conflict Owners Manual listeners ranging in age from teen to seniors. Who is too young and who is too old to improve their conflict competence? Only you can decide when you're ready. But, there's one more consideration. Conflicts also age. The common wisdom is that managing a conflict early is easier, but that doesn't mean an old conflict can't respond well to your conflict competency. Here are some suggestions for how to be conflict competent at any age you and your conflict are.

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Dr. Deborah Sword is a conflict specialist with decades of experience and training to share.

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