You have now completed the four lessons exploring the Drama Triangle and how to shift into the Empowerment Triangle.
This summary brings together the key insights and practical steps so you can integrate them into your daily life.
Key Takeaways
- The Drama Triangle explains the roles we adopt when dealing with disruption: Persecutor, Victim, and Rescuer.
- These roles are states of mind, not personality traits, and can be toxic because they prevent real problem-solving.
- Each role feeds the others in a cycle that keeps problems unresolved.
- The Empowerment Triangle provides healthier alternatives: Challenger, Creator, and Coach.
- Shifting roles requires awareness, conscious choice, and practice, connecting directly to Emotional Intelligence skills.
Practical Steps for Daily Integration
- Notice your role: Observe when you adopt Persecutor, Victim, or Rescuer behaviours.
- Pause before reacting: Take a moment to choose your response intentionally.
- Shift to the three C’s: Challenger, Creator, or Coach — depending on the situation.
- Reflect: After interactions, consider what worked, what didn’t, and how you can improve next time.
- Practice regularly: Small repeated efforts strengthen this skill and help make it automatic.
Insight: Awareness plus practice leads to growth. The more you focus on Creation rather than Drama, the stronger your ability to respond constructively becomes.
Reflection Questions
- Which of the Drama Triangle roles do you notice most in yourself, and in what situations?
- Which of the three C’s feels most natural for you to practise?
- How can you incorporate daily reminders or cues to pause and choose your role consciously?
- Think of one recent situation: how would it have played out differently if you applied the Empowerment Triangle?
By reviewing and reflecting on these lessons, you reinforce your learning and create the foundation for responding to disruption in a creative, empowering way.
Keep practising — this is how you turn awareness into skill.