Dealing with neighbor drama

处理邻居的戏剧

Life Kit

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2024-08-26

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Conflicts with neighbors are common. Trash, noise, parking, weeds — there are seemingly endless ways neighbors can get on each other's nerves. But it doesn't have to be that way. A mediator and a dispute resolution expert say that taking calm, measured steps to resolve conflict can lead to greater understanding and even harmony between you and the folks on your block. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

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  • Hey, everybody, it's Marielle.

  • If you listen to life care regularly, you have a sense of who I am as a person and my temperament.

  • I think you could count on one hand how many people I've yelled at in my entire life.

  • One of those lucky few was my downstairs neighbor when I lived in Philadelphia.

  • And look, I'm not gonna go into the dispute and explain to you all the ways I was right and he was wrong.

  • Cause I know that I was and I don't need the confirmation.

  • But I share this to say man disputes with our neighbors, they bring out these raw emotions, right?

  • And our most scared and angry selves.

  • I think it's because this is where we live.

  • We want our homes to be a safe and comfortable place, and something our neighbor is doing might stand in the way of that.

  • Sasha Phillips says conflicts between neighbors are super common.

  • They're ubiquitous.

  • They're everywhere.

  • I mean, it comes up all the time, every day.

  • Sasha is a mediator and arbitrator who helps people solve their conflicts, whether it's.