Conflict in the Workplace: A Modern Matriarch’s Guide to Strength, Grace, and Maturity

Address Conflict with Strength, Grace, and Maturity

Download The Modern Matriarch’s Guide to Conflict in the Workplace

If you’ve ever…

Avoided a hard conversation at work because it felt too risky
Stuffed down your frustration to “keep the peace”
Watched opportunities pass by because conflict felt too dangerous

…you’re not alone.

Even the most capable women leaders struggle with conflict—often because past experiences have hardwired fight, flight, freeze, or appease responses into their leadership style.

Here’s the truth: Conflict avoidance can cost you your dream role, your credibility, and your vision. But it doesn’t have to.

With the right tools, you can confront conflict like a grown-ass Modern Matriarch—and turn it into a catalyst for stronger relationships, better decisions, and deeper trust.

What You’ll Discover Inside:

The 7 Steps to Loving Confrontation—a proven framework to resolve tension without drama
How to shift from “young person” conflict energy to mature, grounded leadership
Ways to create an accountability plan so you don’t slip back into avoidance
Communication scripts you can use right away in challenging conversations

Why This Guide Matters

Workplace conflict isn’t going away—it’s becoming more complex.

In today’s world, women leaders are navigating not just performance demands, but cultural shifts, generational differences, and the invisible weight of being the one who “keeps the peace.” Without the skills to handle these moments with confidence, it’s easy to lose influence, burn out, or compromise your values. This guide gives you a clear, step-by-step method to approach conflict without fear—transforming tense moments into opportunities for trust, collaboration, and stronger leadership presence.

When you download the guide, you’ll also receive an invitation to join the Modern Matriarch Community, a free circle for women leaders who are redefining what it means to lead.

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Testimonials

“Maija has undergone her own transformation as a professional, a woman who is living with her spirit connection from a place of reverence. Her humility and commitment to community is held in high regard. This book is perfect for any woman ready to know herself and harness her personal power, from 18-50 years old and beyond. For any woman ready to know and love herself, or wanting it and willing to keep her word to herself. This book teaches women to spend some personal time daily, identifies for each woman that her personal power lies in her choices, brings spirit into conversation that freely allows each woman to define it for herself; and brings culture, ancestors and the mother earth into the lives of women to help the remembering process of what being on purpose is, for each one of us.”

— Eli PaintedCrow, Indigenous ceremonialist, Iraq War Veteran, author of Why You Matter, and co-founder of Turtle Women Rising (https://www.turtlewomenrising.live/).
“I didn’t know that the conversation about lineage was for me (as a white woman) before this experience.”

—Carol Tisson, Management consultant and executive coach with nearly 30 years of experience in organizational effectiveness, leadership development, and culture change
“You need to be ready. Not a book to just pick up. This book makes you do the work, and therefore you must be prepared to delve into yourself.”

— Plasha Fielding Will, CEO, PFW Consulting & Political FrameWorks
“Any woman who desires to dig deeper into her soul, to rise up and let her light shine, could benefit from Maija's wisdom and daily practices of self-reflection. This guide is a compilation from years of Maija's embodied practices that she's gathered from her professional work, commitment to social and racial justice through healing and reconciliation, reconnecting with her lineage, Indigenous wisdom, and her own inner ways of knowing. It's been such a joy to witness her evolution over the years that has culminated in this generous offering to women around the world.”

— Louellyn White, Assistant Professor in the First Peoples Studies Program at Concordia University in Montreal, and author of Free to Be Mohawk: Indigenous Education at the Akwesasne Freedom School
“This book lays out a clear path for self-reflection and growth that is doable but also very bold in its invitation to rise into our most rooted feminine strength and virtues. To help bring balance to the patriarchy, we must be grounded in our most authentic expression of feminine power and wholeness as individuals and in the collective.”

— Jessica Dune, Artist, author and licensed landscape architect in present day Carmel, CA - Rumsen homeland
“Why read this book? Because it's FUN, educational, expanding. I have already recommended this book to several friends.”

— Jacquie Cordova, Retired public school art teacher, community organizer, elder and supporter of many
“What I appreciated most in this process: We are pulling together all of these resources to pass down to the next generation.”

— Safira Vinci, Owner of Vinci Digital Marketing

Meet The Author

Maija Danilova West is a business consultant, advisor, and peacemaker, drawing on 15 years of practice as a former attorney and strategist. As the founder and managing partner of Maija West Consulting, she combines leadership training with a fierce commitment to elevate and support women’s voices during this time of great change.

Maija’s leadership vision is guided by the cultural practices of her Latvian heritage—she was raised to honor and support relationships, traditions, and life’s many transitions. Professionally, she has been advising nonprofits, foundations, businesses, Tribes, and government agencies for over 25 years. Maija uses reconciliation, peacemaking, and other forms of conflict resolution to support advanced communication and leadership in diverse communities. She is also the co-founder of the Healing and Reconciliation Institute.

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