MORE ON THE CONFRONTATION CONVERSATION

In the last Meta-Coach Reflection I mentioned the difference between a passive and aggressive person in receiving a confrontation. There’s more to be said about that.

What is your style? What meta-program governs how you experience stress? Neurologically people are wired with a sensitive nervous system that makes them highly aware of, and hence sensitive to stress (threat, danger, overload) and others have a robust and fairly insensitive nervous system that makes them unaware of stress so they move forward toward what they want. We call the first response style “passive” — it is driven by the move-away from energies; and we call the second response style “aggressive” —because it is driven by the go-forward energies. This gives us two neurological responses to stress, two behavioral patterns— aggressing and withdrawing.