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Scenario

How to handle when a teammate's personal struggles affect group dynamics

Our recreational basketball group has one player who's become increasingly aggressive and argumentative over the past few months, and we all know he's going through a brutal divorce, but his behavior is making games tense and unfun for everyone and we don't know how to address it.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Compassion for someone's pain conflicts with protecting the collective experience from their unprocessed emotions.

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Dipa
Dipa works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Sport and physical competition?”

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