Gabrielle Hartley returns to the show to discuss the secret to getting along with others! Gabrielle is co-chair of the American Bar Association Mediation Committee, a divorce attorney, online mediator,  founder of The Private Divorce Solution, and author of “Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate.” Her new book, “The Secret to Getting Along and Why It’s Easier Than You Think,” is available for pre-order.

Gabrielle says that when you learn the steps of getting along, there is nothing more satisfying than being in agreement. Listen to this episode to hear how meeting your deepest emotional needs will lead to resolving conflict.

Featured topics include:

• The framework of Gabrielle’s YES Method and how it encourages people to get along (12:50)
• Knowing when to shelve a conversation and take space (19:30)
• If you can understand what the other person really needs, you can settle almost any argument (24:47)
• Gabrielle explains what she means when she says, “Defensiveness is the enemy of resolution.” (32:42)
• The VIR protocol: visualizing how you want things to be (36:14)

Learn more about Gabrielle Hartley, Esq.:

Gabrielle Hartley is co-chair of the American Bar Association Mediation Committee, a divorce attorney, online mediator,  founder of The Private Divorce Solution, and author of “Better Apart: The Radically Positive Way to Separate.” Her new book “The Secret to Getting Along and Why It’s Easier Than You Think” will be released this May. She offers a weekly newsletter, The Conflict Code” and hosts The Better Apart Blog and is a frequently quoted media expert in the peaceful divorce realm (The New York Times, Vice, WNYC, Forbes, Psychology Today,etc.) Gabrielle is former court attorney to NYS Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Sunshine.

While writing her first book, Better Apart; The Radically Positive Way to Separate (HarperCollins2019) she realized that we all need to get along better in all facets of our lives. Gabrielle developed the YES Method based on more than 25 years working as a top divorce lawyer and mediator.

The Secret to Getting Along was recently selected as a Next Big Idea Club must-read and her Tedx Talk on her strategy has been viewed over 62 thousand times.

Resources & Links:

Join me for a special Split UP: The TEEN Years screening event on Friday, May 12th! To secure your spot and get all the details, visit http://kateanthony.com/split.

A Conversation about the film Split UP: The TEEN Years with Christina McGhee and Ellen Bruno

Gabrielle’s website
Gabrielle on Facebook
Gabrielle on Instagram
The Secret To Getting Along and Why It’s Easier Than You Think
The Secret To Getting Along is Easier Than You Think TEDx Talk

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