Tired of being responsible for solving other people’s problems?

Submitted By: meredith@meredithlrichardson.com – Click to email about this post
Hey, BBQ!
I’m looking for the people out there who are the problem solvers, the ones who are there for others when they have a problem, who others come to when they are in conflict, and who spend too much time trying to solve other people’s conflict.
I have a couple of classes coming up at Tillamook Bay Community College that will teach you how to empower others to solve their own conflict. You can still help, but you won’t feel so responsible for the outcome. Can you feel yourself already relaxing as you envision offloading some of that responsibility?
When I was an attorney, people came to me to solve their problems. Being an attorney was incredibly stressful for me because I took on responsibility for other people’s problems. I had to figure out how to get the judge to see things from my client’s perspective and rule in my client’s favor, giving my client what my client wanted and needed. The other side was working just as hard to get the judge to rule against us, and it was a win-lose situation, so there was a lot of pressure on me, and I put even more pressure on myself because I wanted to do well for my client.
Maybe you can relate.
Maybe you aren’t an attorney, but people come to you and expect you to solve their problems – in the workplace, in your home, in volunteer organizations – and while you like helping people, you would like to teach people how to solve their own problems, and have them take responsibility for it.
I have two classes coming up at Tillamook Bay Community College that can help you to do just that.
On Friday, April 8, come join me for a one-day, experiential class where you’ll learn transformative mediation techniques. You’ll leave able to help people solve their own problems, so that they are less reliant on you going forward. Imagine how good it will feel to let go of that responsibility and stress!
To register, email me at meredith@meredithlrichardson.com and tell me to sign you up!
And if you want to do a deep dive into transformative mediation, I have just the class for you!
Over the course of six Fridays, April 29 through June 3, I will teach you how to mediate transformatively. You will be able to sit in the middle of other people’s conflict with them and help them to resolve their own conflict. You don’t have to be the one to solve their problems. You can let that responsibility go.
To register, email me at meredith@meredithlrichardson.com and tell me to sign you up!
I have helped over 1,500 people to reach agreement using transformative mediation. I have also taught attorneys, mediators, guardians ad litem, human resource professionals, upcoming leaders, social workers, and more how to mediate transformatively.
I would love to teach you as well!
So, email me at meredith@meredithlrichardson.com and tell me to sign you up!
Meredith