Having Difficult Conversations: The Ego States and Transactional Analysis

Why Difficult Conversations Feel So Hard Most of us have a conversation we've been putting off. Perhaps there's something at work that isn't working; a friendship that's become one-sided, a situation at home that needs to be addressed but we’re ducking. We know we need to say something, but the thought of actually saying it feels too much. Not only our own stress and anxiety, but also the worry about how the other person is going to react. [...]