Relationships
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Relationships
In other words, siblings are forced together, and then suddenly they’re not. The independence of adulthood—when proximity is no longer required and the obligations lessen—creates opportunities for siblings to build, repair, or discard the relationships of their youth, to stay stuck in or break free of the roles they played as children.
"What most of us are waiting for is someone else to really think you’re okay with all your warts, just the way you are." - Charlotte Joko Beck
Sara Campbell on Substack
The Tao of Leadership: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching Adapted for a New Age
John Heider • 2 highlights
amazon.comSome years back my wife and I got into the habit of asking each other
‘do you want comfort or solutions’ when the other was having a bad time. That one sentence can save us from an argument 9/10 times.
Alexander Jamestwitter.com
tell your mom/partner/friend you love them
I meet a lot of people searching for something (career, relationship, etc). And yet, when it’s put in front of them, they won’t pursue it because they fear pain (getting hurt, failure, etc.). So they unconsciously (and expensively) trade self protection for misery.
Shane Parrishtwitter.comThe All-or-Nothing Marriage — Eli J. Finkel
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