What I’ve Been Reading

I’ve been reading and writing a lot about empathy recently, as part of my Working With Emotions in Conflict course, and more broadly. This book caught my attention and was fascinating reading. I do love an author who challenges some of the things we take for granted, and Bloom certainly does this. The book is […]

Ickes is a well known researcher in the area of empathic accuracy – in other words he studies how good people are at identifying others’ feelings. This book provides an easy way to follow and understand the research on this topic, without having to read all the dense academic papers. In many ways, this book

Unlike many books about conflict resolution which provide advice about what to do in our interactions with others, this book focuses on what we can do within ourselves. It’s a kind of mindfulness meets conflict approach to conflict transformation. The author explains that conflict is not some force outside us, happening to us. Rather it

I posted this book review a few years ago, but I recently re-read the book in preparation for the webinar I ran earlier this week. This book is such a great resource, I’m re-posting the review today. This book is powerful, and essential reading for anyone who works with people in conflict. It will challenge

The author of this book is the founding professor of the International Institute for Restorative Practices. The book aims to provide practitioners in the field of restorative practices with an understanding of narrative practices based in post-modern narrative therapy. The book covers interventions such as externalising, positioning, unique moments, re-authoring and re-membering, listening circles, compassionate

Full disclosure up front, I am one of the contributors to this book! However, before it was published, I hadn’t read all the chapters written by the many other fascinating contributors. This book is so interesting, because it collects the experiences of a range of people involved in managing conflict in different countries and varying

This book is a terrific overview of emotions research in general, as well as an easy to understand introduction to neuroscience and how it is used to inform us about how emotions work. The book is written by two neuroscientists – one who researches emotion in humans, and one who researches emotions in mice and

“At any point , we are one question away from a different life.” As someone who asks a lot of questions (in both my professional and personal life) this book was always going to be a winner for me! I adored every question and every chapter. This is a book I will return to again

This book has just been released. It’s part of a series of more than 700 “very short introductions” on pretty much any topic you can think of! The series aims to provide a stimulating and accessible introduction to people wanting to learn about a new subject. While the subject of negotiation is by no means

This book is an anthology of various writing by the author about models, theories, frameworks and narratives relating to coaching and mentoring. It’s almost like a “best of” collection from the 70 books and countless articles David has written in the course of his career. David is one of the founders of the European Mentoring