Find ways to discover and safely discuss the “un-discussable”.
- Create space to see from another person’s point of view
- Create space to listen
- Create space to wonder
- Create space to explore
- Create space to discover
- Create space to risk
Helpful conflict management
- “It is my intention to provoke your thinking.”
- “It is not my intention to offend you.”
- “People decide to be offended.”
- “Please decide not to be offended.”
- People are responsible to be gentle
- People are responsible to be forthright
- People are responsible to challenge ideas
- People are responsible to detach their self worth from their ideas.
“Conflict is not bad – badly managed conflict is bad – but worst of all is to deny space for conflict to surface.”
About Daniel Zopoula
Daniel is a is a provocative leader in Christian Practice. A long-distance runner in the struggle for justice, Daniel's journey is rooted in a rich African tradition of soulcraft that put a premium on Ancestor appreciation, gentle embrace of others, cultural manners and social justice. Though deeply wounded and perennially scarred by the traumatic circumstances that paved the realities of his upbringings, Daniel emerged with great dignity, decency and integrity, love, courage and humour; choosing social advocacy rather than a life of blind avarice and personal subservience. The sum realities of pervasive terror, chronic trauma and vicious stigma that was shot through the "soul-making" of young Daniel yielded his true passion to profoundly influence, lead and inspire people from all walks of life into positive change and bearing witness to love and justice. Daniel's story is a tale of a man courageous enough to be fully human, living and loving out loud: "When your life doesn't belong to you, survival is not required," he says. Daniel writes and speaks internationally on Christian Practice, Spiritual & Emotional Leadership, Inspiration, Personal & Organizational health, Family Systems, Trauma, and Emotional Wellness. Daniel is a personal growth, and spiritual health consultant; a Life Coach, Spiritual Adviser, Author, Speaker, Activist.
