Our friend group has this unspoken rule that we all stay friends with everyone even when people hurt each other, and it's created this exhausting dynamic where we enable bad behavior because confronting it might break up the group. We've been together for ten years and I love these people, but I'm realizing we don't actually know how to love each other well when love requires difficult conversations.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to maintain group harmony can become a form of emotional cowardice that prevents the deeper intimacy that comes through working things out.
“Where Are You with Friendship as love?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.