As people, we cannot control or determine when a particular need or belief we hold strongly will arise and conflict with another. “We may not consciously understand the nature of inner conflict and remain powerless to do anything about it”, Mike Bundrant said.  We sometimes require answers so that we can be able to ease or manage our internal conflict. However, will the answers we seek rescue us or will they make us feel confused even more? In my blogging journey, I came across a variety of blogs that gave unique and eye-opening insights on the phenomenon of internal conflict. Here are six blogs that shed light on internal conflict and how we can deal with it.

1. NLP Discoveries

A blog by a retired psychotherapist, practising life coach and author of Your Achilles Eel: Discover and overcome the hidden cause of negative emotions, bad decision and self-sabotage, Mike Bundrant. It challenges individuals to honour both sides of their inner conflict without trying to bypass the parts that they are uncomfortable with by choosing to either neglect both sides or one side of their inner conflict. The blog serves as an epitome of hope to those whose internal conflict has evolved into chronic emotional distress, anxiety, depression and other stress-related issues because it acknowledges that healing is a process that occurs in stages.

“Still the resolution is not likely to happen spontaneously, without an increase in self-awareness, painful or not. When you are sufficiently aware of the full inner conflict, you are able to consciously understand yourself”. -Mike Bundrant

Click here to view the blog.

2. Well Storied 

Kristen Kieffer said, “internal conflict arises from an ethical or emotional debate that occurs within a character”. As someone who has a passion for storytelling, there is always a need to write compelling stories that would also reflect the internal conflict that occurs within a character because failure to do so, could cause your story to lack in narrative. The well-storied, a blog authored by the writer of “speculative fiction”, Kristen Kieffer. Is aimed at helping aspiring writers to “craft sensational novels and build their very best writing lives”. The blog provides tips on how writers could possibly approach inner conflict in characters with reference to popular novels where the internal conflict in characters is evident, such as Fahrenheit.

“Books are illegal. Guy Montag is a fireman, whose job it is to set fire to any homes that are found to contain such illegal materials. However, one day, while on a call, his curiosity gets the best of him. He decides to steal a book to discover why the government considers it so dangerous”. ~Kristen Kieffer

Check this blog out by clicking here and keep that pen moving!

3. Londolozi Blog

Are you a photographer who struggles to be emotionally involved with the subject matter that you are capturing because all you want to do is get a great shot? Then this blog is just for you. Londolozi, a wildlife photography blog whereby photographers share the challenges that they face in this field. Inner conflict is one of the issues or challenges that the blog touches on.

“once you put a camera in front of your eye, it acts as a filter between what you are seeing and potential emotional involvement.” ~James Tyrell

The blog illustrates how photographers encounter a strong conflict of emotions that lead to a desire to simply watch and take in what is unfolding and the pressure to capture it on film. I must say that the wildlife images that they used were quite compelling and evoked emotions of empathy when I saw them. They caused me to better understand the internal conflict of a photographer.

Seeing is believing. Click here to learn more.

4. Everyday blog

A blog that a reader can relate to on a personal basis because it is written in a style that makes reference to the people’s day to day personal experiences to motivate them in “building a self- determined life”.  The blog grabbed my attention after I read a post about inner conflict, which is a central theme in my blog. I was fascinated by how it described the psychological term in a simple way that makes it easy for the reader to understand.

The post touches on how one can align their mind, body and spirit so that they can be able to understand their inner conflict and be able to deal with it; as it described it as a “tug war between your brain, body and spirit.”

“It is almost as if your mind wants to keep running old scripts and habits while your spirit is eager to create new ones”. ~Sherianna Boyle

For more insight. Click here

5. No compromise Leadership Blog

Are you a leader of a business or company and carry the burden of having to achieve the right outcomes in every aspect of the company such as “productivity, profitability, staff retention and customer but you find yourself unable to cope because of the emotional distress that it brings? Then this blog is for you.

This blog highlights the emotional baggage that leaders in the corporate world encounter when they find themselves between a rock and a hard place in the process of making tough decisions. It also provides tips on how they can deal with their internal conflict without comprising their integrity and the outcomes they hope to achieve for their company.

” Leadership is a roller coaster of emotional highs and lows, wins and losses, joy and tears. And within every leader, a battle rages between heart and mind. The heart represents emotions. The mind represents clarity and logic. Together, they mix about as well as oil and water”. ~Neil Ducoff

To view the blog, click here.

6. Melanie Smithson International

A blog by Melanie Smithson who is the co-owner of the Simpson clinic in Denver, an alternative clinic that specializes in body-mind connection. As someone who is an over thinker, I related so much with it because it talks about how internal conflict is also the product of our thoughts or our way of thinking which may focus on weighing both sides of a problem which may, in turn, cause us to feel confused.

“What we resist persists. When we resist anything we are giving it energy and it gets strong”. ~Melanie Smithson

This blog suggests simple ways that people can use to manage their internal conflict through relaxation and meditation.

For more on this blog, click here

Internal conflict occurs in various aspects of our lives. We may feel like we would never be able to rid ourselves of it but we actually can. It all starts with being aware of it and understanding it. Thereafter, you could use the mechanisms that are at your disposal to deal and manage it. Internal conflict will not consume you unless you give it the power to do so.