How Do You Handle Conflict?

UPDATED: September 15, 2017
PUBLISHED: September 15, 2017

Everyone adapts to stressful situations and challenges differently. Harville Hendrix, Ph.D., and Helen LaKelly Hunt, Ph.D., a husband and wife duo specializing in couples therapy, have identified two types of people. Which one are you?

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Jamie Friedlander is a freelance writer based in Chicago and the former features editor of SUCCESS magazine. Her work has been published in The Cut, VICE, Inc., The Chicago Tribune and Business Insider, among other publications. When she's not writing, she can usually be found drinking matcha tea into excess, traveling somewhere new with her husband or surfing Etsy late into the night.