How to Have *Healthy* Conflict with Amanda Ripley (Best Of)
from We Can Do Hard Things
by Treat Media and Glennon Doyle
Published: Sun Aug 17 2025
Show Notes
351. How to Have *Healthy* Conflict with Amanda Ripley
Conflict expert and investigative journalist, Amanda Ripley, is back to give us a conflict resolution 101 guide and delve into some real-life examples from Abby and Glennon’s relationship.
Discover:
-The best way to diffuse a high-conflict person from going further;
-The binary thinking that makes fighting with a spouse feel so painful–plus, the antidote;
-How to disagree while still holding someone else’s perspective; and
-Why it’s important to know your shame responses in order to have better conflicts.
For the first part of our conversation, check out Episode330 Handling Conflict Right with Amanda Ripley.
About Amanda:
Amanda Ripley is an investigative journalist and author. Her most recent book is High Conflict, which chronicles how people get trapped by conflicts of all kinds—and how they get out. Her previous books include The Unthinkable, and The Smartest Kids in the World, a New York Times bestseller which was also turned into a documentary film.