Owning Your Opinion in Relationship
You Don't Have to Be the Same to Be Close
A healthy relationship to a person, group, family, or even a faith practice should include your freedom to be yourself and own your own opinion.
In a contentious election season, I thought it could be helpful to look at relational dynamics of knowing and owning your own opinion.
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Episode 52
This month we are talking about the false belief that you need to be the same to be close in any kind of relationship. In a contentious election season, I thought it might be important to address this topic from a therapeutic perspective. Maybe you have encountered this belief about closeness in your family of origin, your marriage, a friendship or friend group, or a faith practice. The reality is that closeness - healthy attachment - is not based on being the same. And any relationship that requires you to compromise yourself is one in which we might want to reevaluate our boundaries. Owning your own opinions, decisions, values, and vote are an important part of adulthood, and should be welcomed in any healthy relationship. This is a short breakdown and how-to.
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