What if politicians could just agree to stop being so awful to each other?
Amanda Ripley (bestselling author and co-founder of Good Conflict, a media and training company that helps people reimagine conflict) thinks it's possible and she's got examples to prove it. This week's Go To digs into her idea for voluntary non-aggression pacts - basically giving p ... Show More
Oct 9
Go To on AI & Raising Kids After Loss
Andy Laats thought parenting was a complete alphabet—he did A through M, his wife Liz handled N through Z. After she died of ovarian cancer, he learned he'd underestimated the N through Z work, and then discovered there was a whole world beyond language he never even knew existed ... Show More
29m 8s
Oct 6
Deep Dive with "Can Do Mom" Ariela
Kelly talks with Ariela, a mother of two in Massachusetts who was told by a doctor, just three days after giving birth, that her newborn son was slowly dying. He was diagnosed with a rare metabolic disorder, rushed to Children's Hospital, and spent 22 days in intensive care. It w ... Show More
55m 12s
Jun 2025
The rewards of healthy conflict (w/ Master Fixer Amanda Ripley)
Most of us try to avoid conflict, particularly at work. But when done right, conflict can be a tool to strengthen interpersonal bonds and generate better results. In this episode, Anne and Frances team up with Amanda Ripley, global conflict journalist and author of the bestsellin ... Show More
45m 21s
Sep 2022
Amanda Ripley | How to Navigate Conflict With Greater Ease
<p>Life today can feel like wall-to-wall conflict. And most of us, well, we plain hate the feeling it gives us. Thing is, some conflict is not only good, but necessary and important. While other conflict, high conflict, is pretty much a road to othering, isolation, and devastatio ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2024
Facing the Fracture: Navigating Political Tensions
<p>Author and advocate, Tania Israel joins us as we tackle one of the toughest topics of our time: politics. With the current state of national and global affairs, many of us are feeling the strain, and it’s becoming harder to talk to people with opposing views. So we invited Tan ... Show More
48m 45s
Nov 2024
124. 3 Reasons You’re Having Conflicts, Not Peaceful Conversations
When couples start therapy they often tell me they want to communicate better, have tools for how to communicate, want the relationship to be more peaceful, and want a level of respect and kindness. Do you relate? I know I want a peaceful relationship with respect and kindness. W ... Show More
11m 54s
May 2025
can friends survive a political divide?: new enemy unlocked
podmothers sephy & wing enter the chat: spiralling on opinions, morals, and political differences, managing expectations for yourself and others, failure, redirection, and knowing when to change course. ✷see more ✷ youtube @sephyandwing ✷ instagram @sephyandwing ✷ tiktok @sephyan ... Show More
52m 37s