Repair Without Over-Owning
Use mindful need language to repair a tense exchange without appeasing.
Mina M Teammate 1 Repair 2 Request 3 Close In standup, Jordan snapped, 'We already covered that.' Ten minutes later he knows the tone landed badly. The mindful repair has to protect relatedness without pretending the underlying workload issue vanished. A good repair restores connection and keeps the real work need visible. turns to repair tone need to name Self-Determination Theory basic psychological needs Self-Determination Theory says high-quality motivation depends on autonomy, competence, and relatedness. Mindfulness helps because it makes the state of those needs visible before you react. A tense meeting may look like anger, but underneath it may…
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