Dealing with domineering people

PRE-RECORDED VIDEO WORKSHOP

Where does the 300-pound gorilla sit at a party?

Anywhere she wants.

Do you have someone like this in your life?

They order you around, give you unsolicited advice, and make decisions that affect you without considering your input.
They dominate conversations by interrupting, ignoring, or dismissing you.
They expect you to operate on their schedule, and they get their needs met first - at your expense.

I have dealt with a lot of domineering people in my professional and personal life, and I have good news for you:

You can learn to

balance the power difference, without turning into Rambo,
be more assertive and set effective boundaries, without being selfish, pushy, or rude, and
take charge and be more in control of your life.

What you'll get:

Over 2.5 hours of instruction, in 12 bite-sized videos to watch at your convenience and at your own pace.
(These are not recordings of a live event. All videos were separately created after a live online workshop series for those who could not attend live, and for participants who wanted to review and practice more.)

You will learn and explore principles you can adapt and apply to your unique situation:

How to keep your cool under stress.
How you say No, and what might be an even better strategy.
How to influence a domineering person's behavior.

Coming soon:

Updated and greatly expanded e-book! Because not everyone likes to watch videos. Also, there will be additional exercises and insights based on what my clients and students have been struggling with and what has worked for them. Unfortunately, there's a lot of domineering behavior going around. Fortunately, we get better at dealing with it.

When the book is finished, the course price will go up. (This is not me creating false urgency. I trust you will decide whether to buy as and when it's appropriate for you.) To be notified when the book is ready, get on the mailing list (I don't spam).

What workshop participants have said:

I love the beauty of the presentations you create and share with us after the workshops. They are concise, clear, simply organized, with easy access to key points and 'things to remember'.

The tools you provided give me more confidence, with practice of course, that I can build mutual trust with people I find domineering. There's likely something I can do to be less threatening to them, which is something I never thought about.

Embodiment has been a little mysterious to me, but the exercises really illustrated how much our bodies act as a compass of how to take deeply informed action for ourselves and (bonus!) others. Big Appreciation.

Course Content:

Keeping your cool and setting boundaries.

1 - What's not working?

What is "domineering"? How do you currently deal with domineering behavior?

2 - Keeping your cool

Counteracting your stress reaction with Centering.

3 - Putting up a Stop sign

How do you say No?

4 - Is your Stop sign effective?

How are your boundaries?

5 - Putting up a Detour sign

What do you want?

Influencing the domineering person's behavior.

6 - Being in charge

What is the purpose of domineering behavior?

7 - How can you influence a domineering person?

Overview

8 - Make it safe for them to change

Don't be a threat by how you are.

9 - Are you a threat to yourself?

Don't increase your own suffering.

10 - Are you a threat to the other person?

Watch what you say or do.

11 - Make it motivating and easy for them to change

Influence = guidance + help

12 - Influence vs manipulation

Applying the principles to a verbal interaction

Hello! 

I'm Elisabeth Fisher, and I prefer to be in charge of my life ...

As a former corporate attorney and mediator, I have been dealing with domineering people professionally for over 30 years, and there continue to be a number of "gorillas" in my personal life. I won't lie to you: Standing your ground can be challenging. But it is possible.

Let's practice together.

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