What to Do When a High Conflict Relationship Spirals Out of Control | Epi 144

In this episode - part 2 of 3 - we get into what to do in the exact moment a conflict starts to spiral out of control. When things escalate fast—name-calling, defensiveness, shutting down—it can feel like you’ve already lost control of the interaction. We walk through how to catch that shift as it’s happening, understand what’s being triggered underneath it, and respond in a way that doesn’t make things worse. The focus isn’t on winning the argument, but on slowing the escalation and changing the pattern in real time.

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