Upon returning from conferences or seminars, for me it is natural to reflect on new insights and enjoy uplifted motivation to apply newly discovered approaches in practice. One idea, among many others, that particularly grasped my attention at “Focus Empathy 2016 Berlin”, is: “Learning to relate with other humans is more sustainable than any solution. We are good at recycling plastic, glass, etc. And that is wonderful. Our Planet needs recycling. But now it’s time to work on recycling conflicts. Each one of them- starting with your own inner and outer conflict situations. Recycle as they happen. It actually doesn’t take much time if you address it at the beginning Arnold Mindell.

So simple, yet, so difficult.  So many conflict resolution strategies and training programs available, but it seems getting worse with the way we relate to each other. The paradox is that skills to “recycle conflicts” are not tied with knowledge of what conflict resolution method needs to be used, but how I, as a human being, am feeling and experiencing this situation and learning to feel deep Empathy for “the other”, in order for a conflict to be recycled into something beautiful – called human relationships.