Brave in the Bay - Indivisible Mid-Peninsula’s Podcast
Aug 31, 2026 · 20 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Carla interviews Nell Marie from the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center to explore how conflict is an inherent part of human interaction and how understanding and managing it can…
Nell MarieGuestCarla PersnaniHostThere seems to be more and more conflict happening these days, more and more polarization.
Tell us about your organization and how you help people cross these seemingly uncrossable bridges.
are important for us to know and that we share is that conflict is going to always be there.
There's tons of things that we wouldn't have that we use every day or that we rely on that wouldn't be here if there wasn't.
Then there's a second one, which is seeing that conflict then as tangible, something that's in between, either to groups or to people or whatever it is.
Because when you take it out, you are able to see the other person as a human being just like you.
You are able to maybe see the experiences that build that person to have that difference in opinion.
You are able to feel something different or approach the conversation differently.
You are able to look inwards and see what you are bringing to the conflict because that's another piece of it.
and we don't really look to what we are putting as part of that or making it escalate in some way.
And then when we do take out the conflict and we are able to see that other person as a human being, then we start applying different skills that we at the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, we teach.
We're thinking of either defending ourselves, of judging the other person, of making my point.
And so it's really easy to block ourselves off as a person, as a group, as a society.
There seems to be more and more conflict happening these days, more and more polarization.
Tell us about your organization and how you help people cross these seemingly uncrossable bridges.
are important for us to know and that we share is that conflict is going to always be there.
There's tons of things that we wouldn't have that we use every day or that we rely on that wouldn't be here if there wasn't.
Then there's a second one, which is seeing that conflict then as tangible, something that's in between, either to groups or to people or whatever it is.
Because when you take it out, you are able to see the other person as a human being just like you.
You are able to maybe see the experiences that build that person to have that difference in opinion.
You are able to feel something different or approach the conversation differently.
You are able to look inwards and see what you are bringing to the conflict because that's another piece of it.
and we don't really look to what we are putting as part of that or making it escalate in some way.
And then when we do take out the conflict and we are able to see that other person as a human being, then we start applying different skills that we at the Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center, we teach.
We're thinking of either defending ourselves, of judging the other person, of making my point.
And so it's really easy to block ourselves off as a person, as a group, as a society.
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