What happens when our usual ways of dealing with conflict stop working (if they ever worked)?

In this episode, Shivani Mehta Bhatia joins Aggressively Human to talk about the changing nature of conflict—especially in a world shaped by grief, uncertainty, and fraying trust.

We explore how conflict has shifted post-2020, how our nervous systems are adapting (or not), and why repair feels harder than ever. We talk about Shivani’s approach of “conflict midwifery,” destructive versus generative conflict, and what it means to build and lead with more care in increasingly reactive times.

Whether you’re navigating tension in your team, your audience, or your closest relationships, this conversation offers a more humane way through.

* What conflict looks like now—and why it feels more brittle

* The 5 parts of Shivani’s “prism of conflict”

* What “conflict midwifery” means and how it changes the repair process

* What ChatGPT says are the fixes of our current polycrisis

* What it takes to repair when there’s no shared script

* What’s the smallest possible actions we can take in conflict

* Leading and relating in a time of collective dysregulation

* How we can prepare—not avoid—hard conversations

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Shivani Mehta Bhatia

Monthly Conflict Clinic

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