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Most people accept that conflict is inevitable. What many don’t realize is, most of us use unconscious strategies called control dramas to gain power or energy from another person, and essentially "get their way with others." A control drama is played by anyone who is feeling low on power or energy to manipulate and steal the energy of another. We get our way with others by making them pay attention to us, and then elicit a certain reaction from them to make ourselves feel fulfilled. The positive feelings we gain are won at the expense of the other person, and this often causes imbalance and drama in our interpersonal relationships.
Live a Drama-Free Life
In this course you'll learn about common control dramas and how to negate them through step-by-step applied approaches that really work. Dr. Jody Janati will help you identify and protect yourself from common control dramas that arise when individuals become defensive. Once you are able to recognize the behaviors that surface during defensive reactions, you will learn more than 101 ways to constructively respond during difficult interactions. The goal of this course is to help you set healthy boundaries with others, and ultimately, find your "conversation peace."
What you will learn in this course:
- What is a control drama: How do we interact without tension?
- How to recognize intimidator behavior.
- How to recognize poor me behavior.
- How to recognize interrogator behavior.
- How to recognize aloof behavior.
- Assertive communication creates balance for any control drama.
- What effective assertion models look like in action.
- A step-by-step guide to three successful techniques.
- How to balance your conflict: 101 things to say and do during difficult interactions.
Awareness and recognition of a control drama allows you to break the cycle and disconnect from it completely. When a control drama isn't controlling an interaction, you can respond more effectively and authentically to others. Knowing you have choices during difficult interactions with others, allows you to live a drama-free life.
What Others Are Saying
"I am taking so much from this and also learning more about myself. This is giving me a whole new understanding of others and helping me not to judge but how to stop and think about the person before I react to their actions and expressions." -Sharon
"This course has been a lifesaver. It gave me the courage to cut off people/situations that only undermined me. I now have more energy and can focus on major problems and not get sucked into the mini-side dramas." -Warren
“I have enjoyed this course and have discovered ways to deal with dramas and we all have enough of those in our lives. I am interested to try some of the techniques and see how these work on people that push my buttons and why I feel they push my buttons! Thanks Jody Janati.” -Melissa
"This course has been so helpful to me. There is far less drama in my life. I am not having nearly as many emotional reactions to situations that I once did." -Virginia
"Very interesting stuff. I have learned a lot about myself through this course. I would love to see this type of thing taught in the schools, as children become aware, they can become healthier adults." -Cassandra
“Wow. What a learning experience for me. I really am enjoying the course. It is helping me see the areas where I can make a few changes.” -Martha
About Jody Janati
Jody Janati has a doctoral degree in organizational leadership and a master's degree in speech communication. She offers a variety of public and professional workshops on conflict reduction tactics and effective communication skills. During her academic career, Dr. Janati worked in various leadership roles and taught for over a decade at both the University of Minnesota and the MN state prison system. She currently trains for numerous organizations throughout the United States. Dr. Janati is also the author of six books.
How Does It Work?
Starting today, you will receive a new lesson every week for 8 weeks (total of 8 lessons). Each lesson is yours to keep and you'll be able to refer back to it whenever you want. And if you miss a lesson or are too busy to get to it that day, each lesson will conveniently remain in your account so you won't have to search for it when you're ready to get back to it.
Free Gift
As a free gift, when you sign up for this course, you will also receive the award-winning DailyOM inspiration newsletter which gives you daily inspirational thoughts for a happy, healthy and fulfilling day. We will also let you know about other courses and offers from DailyOM and Dr. Jody Janati that we think you might be interested in.
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We are offering this course with the option of selecting how much you want to pay. No matter how much you pay, you'll be getting the same course as everybody else. We simply trust that people are honest and will support the author of the course with whatever they can afford. And if you are not 100% satisfied, we will refund your money.