Crying Your Eyes Out

By
Cinnie Noble

November 10, 2017

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• What is or was the situation?
• What is or was most devastating about this situation such that you “cried your eyes out” (or would say this idiom describes your reaction to the situation)?
• What three words describe the depth of your emotions about this conflict?
• What stopped the tears – literally or figuratively – eventually?
• When you stopped crying – literally or figuratively – what new vision do you have about the situation?
• What might you have lost sight of in this conflict?
• What new vision do you have about the other person?
• What new vision do you have about yourself?
• What else do you see now that you didn’t when you “cried your eyes out” (or felt like you could “cry your eyes out”)?
• What do you realize now that you consider how you experienced this conflict that reflects the symbolism of saying you “cried your eyes out” or feeling as though you could?
• What else occurs to you as you consider these questions?
• What insights do you have?

                       

Cinnie Noble

Cinnie Noble is a certified coach (PCC) and mediator and a former lawyer specializing in conflict management coaching. She is the author of two coaching books: Conflict Management Coaching: The CINERGY™ Model and Conflict Mastery: Questions to Guide You. MORE >