Summary

A high stakes conversation is any moment where something you deeply care about is at risk. Most people assume it is about money, reputation, or big decisions, but the truth is that the highest stakes usually live inside our relationships. When we enter these moments without skill, we create hurt, avoid the next conversation, and reinforce a cycle of fear. This podcast opens up what really makes a conversation high stakes and why the way you show up determines whether you move forward or stay stuck.

What You’ll Learn

• How to recognize when a conversation has become high stakes and why it matters.
• Why scripts and over-preparing fail when your nervous system is dysregulated.
• The common traps that make conversations spiral into conflict or avoidance.
• How to begin building positive references so that future high stakes moments become easier to face.
• The hidden cost of delaying the conversations you know you need to have.

Why Listen?

If this is your first time here, welcome. I’ve spent years working with leaders, teams, and couples on the kinds of conversations that decide what happens next.

Most people avoid those moments. Or they walk into them with good intentions but no skill, and it blows up. What I share here comes straight from the real work: the messy, tense, uncomfortable conversations that actually change things when you handle them right.

If this is something you want to explore further, head over to

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My hope is that what you pick up here helps you sharpen your communication, and with it, the quality of your business, your relationships, and your life.

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Thanks.