After reading my previous note, I hope you spent some time preparing and reflecting on how you’d have that uncomfortable conversation. I hope you pondered the dynamics that led to the disagreement in the first place. I hope you took the time to reflect on your emotions and biases to ensure you approach the conversation (regardless of whom you are having it with) open-mindedly and without judgment.

s we count down to the presidential election day, heated political arguments and escalated conflicts are in the air. Try scrolling through the pages of some political candidates, and you’d be so astonished—as I often am—at the use of polarized and demeaning labels, insults, and attacks in the comment section thrown at one another.