Conflict is a part of life. Get the tools you need to navigate it.

Best Conflict Solutions debunks the amygdala hijack. The amygdala is not a fear center that seizes control of your brain. It is a relevance detector, a smoke detector that flags what matters, and stress chemicals hand thinking off to habit. Handoff, not hijack. Learn why conflict escalates so quickly, how triggers work, why we are built to overreact, and how to train a calmer response. From mediator Kimberly Best, drawing on the research of LeDoux, Barrett, and Arnsten. St. L

Which leadership style gets the best results? Research on servant leadership, trust, and team performance, plus one practical step to start this week.

If your family is struggling with decisions about an aging parent's care, medical treatment, or end-of-life wishes, I want to start with the thing I say to families in my mediation practice all the time: you are not alone, and neither is your family. This is not an easy season, and there is a lot to navigate at once. And while this is not the conversation any of us wants to be having, it is one of the most important conversations you can have.

What is a conflict ecosystem? Kimberly Best of Best Conflict Solutions, based in St. Louis, explains how organizations build conflict skills that last. Nationwide.

People in conflict tend to argue about what happened or didn’t happen. Who said what, who did what, who started it, who was right and who was wrong. That is almost never what the conflict is about. Underneath the argument, four things are running at once. Emotions that are hard to see and harder to name. Values that feel non-negotiable. Interests buried under stated positions. Needs that go unspoken because they are the hardest thing to say out loud.