Introduction Crucial conversations are defined to be “a discussion between two or more people in which they hold opposing opinions about a high-stakes issue and where emotions run strong,” (Grenny et al., 2022, pg. 2). The adage of the adage. Both the conversations later discussed are crucial conversations, the first taking place before I read Crucial Conversations and the second after. The second conversation is between me and my mother. This conversation I had to account for more than the high emotions and stakes of a crucial conversation but also the power dynamic, “a complex concept related to how people influence one another,” (Allen, 2010, p.27), between my mother and I. It was difficult for me to approach the conversation as I am not a child anymore…show more content… My fears going into the conversation would be that she was extremely hurt that I did not discuss reaching out beforehand with her; however she had been on a cruise and I could not contact her. Additionally, I was apprehensive that she would not support my effort to discover more information about my biological family due to the fact that she had never told me about the DonorSiblingRegistry, a website for half-siblings and families to contact each other, until I had brought it up with her. As my moms were on their way back from their cruise I asked if we could talk later that night and I told them it was important; we both set a time and were able to clear our heads before the conversation. When we started the conversation after catching up, I first presented the facts, followed the STATE strategy, and told my moms that the siblings had contacted me through 23andMe. I first paused here to allow for some questions my moms had, after clearing up that I had enabled them to contact me through the website I continued the conversation. I told my story and described how I was still processing everything, but I had talked with several of the siblings and my
