A new episode of the Attic Monologues is online!
Why “it’s okay” is not always the most adequate answer and why there is no obligation to accept an apology…
Let me know your thoughts on this, I’m curious 🙂 (she says while sipping coffee)
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gina laventura 
2 responses to “#MonologueMonday”
This is good food for thought, and you are right–we do seem to dismiss hurtful remarks too quickly. I think we do this because disharmony is uncomfortable for us, so we too quickly move back toward evenness and peace. Perhaps we might say, “I appreciate your apology, but I’m still processing my feelings about what was said; I’m still smarting, so I need more time to process what I’m feeling about our exchange.”
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thank you so much for engaging with my content again and for suggesting a way to communicate feelings, boundaries and the need for more time. And I agree, we often want harmony and piece but the price we’re often paying is our own, so thinking about and reflecting on other ways of dealing with it might be in the end useful for all parties involved. Even if that means confrontation or setting boundaries at times which might lead to uncomfortable feelings, but denying oneself piece by keeping it for others also doesn’t sound too comfortable and in the long run healthy..
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