MYBREATHINGMIND

We talk about what happens when your dream job is no longer the dream, sitting in the discomfort of the space between your current reality and your truth, and allowing space to reflect and process to create a path forward.

We discuss what personal truth feels like in the body, living an unconventional path, and trust, courage, and faith in the unknown.

We discuss redefining success, early programming, boundaries for sharing, and the healing properties of living your truth.

Being true to yourself as well as at work can build your reputation and career path. We discuss purpose, core beliefs, perfectionism, and burnout with the attorney population that she serves.

Three perspectives to consider when your truth feels too big to handle.

We discuss what blocks your truth and ways to reconnect and see your truth with clarity.

5 things to consider when your truth conflicts with other people.

In this practical exploration of navigating conflicting truths, Ruth illuminates why disagreements escalate and how to transform them into opportunities for genuine understanding. Rather than focusing on being right or avoiding conflict altogether, she offers a nuanced approach to honoring your perspective while creating space for others'. Through concrete examples and actionable language patterns, listeners will learn to differentiate between subjective and objective truths, welcome diverse perspectives, and find middle ground without sacrificing their values. This episode provides essential tools for maintaining relationships and moving forward constructively even when fundamental differences emerge.

What many professionals experience is the friction that arises when we realize our perspective drastically differs from someone else's. These moments of misalignment can quickly escalate from slight disagreements to full-blown conflicts, especially around topics we care deeply about.

The conventional wisdom suggests that we have two options: either convince the other person we're right, or submit to their perspective to keep the peace. Both approaches typically leave us feeling either combative or compromised.

But this approach often leaves us feeling dissatisfied and frustrated because it treats differences as problems to be solved rather than inevitable aspects of human diversity. We end up either avoiding important conversations or engaging in them in ways that damage relationships.

Myth: When your truth conflicts with someone else's, someone must be wrong, and someone must give in.

This myth persists because we've been conditioned to treat all truths as objective facts rather than recognizing that many important truths are subjective experiences, opinions, preferences, and perspectives.

The real cost of believing this myth is that we approach conversations as battles to be won rather than explorations to be shared. We focus on proving our point instead of understanding different viewpoints, which prevents meaningful connection and progress.

What I've discovered through facilitating difficult conversations is that most conflicts arise not because people disagree about objective facts, but because they're treating subjective truths as universal.

When someone says "This is the best choice" or "This is what everyone wants," they're presenting their subjective experience as objective reality. This creates immediate resistance because it invalidates others' equally valid perspectives.

This connects to our deep human need to be

We explore why we stop telling our truth, the power of truth-telling, and a compassionate approach to expressing one's truth.

Reconnect with your truth by auditing these 3 areas, and close the gap between your truth and your actions.