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The Effect of Emotional Sobriety on Our Communication
Thom’s Nutshell:
Sit, breathe, focus on personal imperfections. Characteristic defects are simply characteristics.
Make a list of so-called defects. Express gratitude for each of them.
Why not? You can’t outrun them.
Changing our dance steps changes the dance. If we shift in our approach to communication with others, the relationship necessarily has to change. In emotional sobriety, our communication becomes informative, not manipulative. As we untangle from our expectations and demands, we retake responsibility. We learn to soothe ourselves, to validate our own experience, to tolerate…
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