When Being Easy to Work With Gets Expensive

“I hate drama.”
“I’m pretty easygoing.”
“It’s not worth making a thing out of it.”
“I can just let it go.”

Sometimes that’s discernment. And sometimes it’s avoidance dressed up as a virtue.

In this third installment of Bypassing Bites, we’re looking at conflict avoidance—and the ways being agreeable, flexible and “easy to work with” can keep us from saying what actually needs to be said.

Avoiding the conversation may keep things comfortable in the moment. But the conflict doesn’t necessarily disappear. It can show up instead as resentment, exhaustion, withdrawal, over-explaining or quietly checking out.

Not having the conversation doesn’t mean you’ve eliminated the conflict. Sometimes you’ve simply moved the conflict inside yourself.

In this bite-sized episode of The Brave & Balanced Fundraiser, we explore what it costs us to continually keep the peace—and what can change when we become more willing to tolerate the discomfort of honest conversation.

Your Bypassing Bite:
What conversation am I avoiding because I’m more comfortable being uncomfortable myself than risking making someone else uncomfortable?

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