Presentation by Barry Nobel on Conflict Engagement
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“From differences…
beautiful harmony”
An Introduction to Mindfulness-based Conflict Engagement (MBCE)
Barry Nobel
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Family Mediation
Nationally
◦ > 800,000 divorces per year
◦ 40% of births are to unmarried parents
◦ 50% of all children will live with single
parent at some point
Lane County Family Mediation assists
> 1200 parents per year
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Confirmation Bias
“We don’t see things as they are, we
see them as we are.” Anais Nin
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Confirmation Bias
Selective (corrective?)
◦ Perception
◦ Retention
◦ Expression
◦ “Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,
but not to his own facts.” Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Favorite National Pastime?
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Favorite National Pastime?
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The Blame Game
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Don’t agree with me? You must be:
Evil
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Don’t agree with me? You must be:
Crazy
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Don’t agree with me? You must be:
Stupid
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Fundamental Attribution Error
Don’t agree with me? You must be:
Selfish
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Fight/flight reactivity
can be life-saving
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Blaming can Backfire
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Political Stage:
Confirmation Bias +
Fundamental Attribution Error
Don’t agree with me? You must be:
Evil (corrupt)
Crazy (wing nut)
Stupid (naive)
Selfish (greedy; lazy)
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Mindfulness-based
Conflict Engagement (MBCE)
Mindfulness
Empathy
LifeView
Authentic & Compassionate Action
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Mindfulness: The Value of Training Attention
“…the faculty of voluntarily bringing
back a wandering attention over and
over again is the very root of
judgment, character, and will.…
Education which should improve this
faculty would be the education par
excellence.” William James
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Mindfulness
As simple as 1,2,3 (but it ain’t easy)
1 Behold!
2 Relaxed & Alert
3 Purposeful, Present-oriented, Nonjudgmental – J. Kabat-Zinn
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Mindfulness
Relaxed
&
Alert
Not Relaxed
Very Relaxed
Not Alert
1. Distracted
2. Dazed
Very Alert
3. Hyper
4. Mindful!
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Mindfulness
Capax universi (Infinite capacity)
Sapere aude (Dare to know) – Kant
"One does not become enlightened by
imagining figures of light, but by making the
darkness conscious. The later procedure,
however, is disagreeable and therefore not
popular." Carl Jung
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Empathy
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Empathy
“Who sees inside from outside?
Who finds hundreds of mysteries
even where minds are deranged?
See through his eyes what he sees.
Who then is looking out from his eyes?”
Rumi (13th century)
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Empathy
“Seek first to understand and then to
be understood.” Stephen Covey
Connection before correction
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LifeView:
Is it better to react or respond?
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LifeView
Conflict: stuck together
“The unlike is joined together, and
from differences results the most
beautiful harmony, and all things take
place by strife.”
Heraclitus (6th - 5th century BCE)
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Authentic & Compassionate
Action:
FENDing for OneSelf
Reacting (Fight-flight) Responding with Compassion
Assumptions, distortions, Facts (seen or heard)
generalizations & conclusions
Judgments of another person or his/her Emotions (mad, sad, scared)
behavior
Greeds (craving for selfish outcomes) Needs (sources of fulfillment)
Demands (involving blame or Desires expressed as specific,
punishment for not complying) affirmative, practical requests/proposals
Based on Marshall Rosenberg, Nonviolent Communication.
(See www.cnvc.org)
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3 MBCE Tips for
Engaging with Conflict
1. Speed kills ◦ Develop mindfulness (especially of the body)
◦ “Catch it early”
◦ Take a conscious breath or a time-out
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3 MBCE Tips for
Engaging with Conflict
2. Connection before correction ◦ Listen; listen longer; listen for needs
◦ Paraphrase & summarize.
◦ Look for the nod of agreement
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3 MBCE Tips for
Engaging with Conflict
3. Say only that which is honest,
respectful, AND effective Focus on areas of agreement first
There’s enough to meet everyone's needs
Encourage incremental change with self-
compassion!
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Thank you!
Questions & comments?
Local Resources:
Oregon Network for Compassionate
Communication
www.orncc.net