Practices
Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
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2 practicesWho it is written for
On your own, or with someone · Involves someone else
Theme · Equanimity and perspective
Approach
When · After a row
When someone protests that swallowing their feelings is unnatural, agree with them, because it is. Then add the part they have not said: it is also necessary, and there are better ways to do it than swallowing.
Arguing that calm comes naturally costs you your credibility in a single sentence. Conceding the true half leaves nothing to defend, and the…
When someone tells the story with every detail, the exact words, the way the door shut, what she was wearing, they are not wandering off the point. The detail is telling you how unsafe it felt.
Steering them back to the summary usually lands as being told their experience is a nuisance. Let it run a while and hear the detail as a reading of…
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