My writing group has been meeting for two years and somewhere along the way it stopped being about the work and became about managing everyone's feelings about the work. We spend more time reassuring each other than actually giving feedback and I don't think any of us are improving anymore.
More people experience this than they realize.
The desire to preserve psychological safety can paradoxically prevent the vulnerability necessary for genuine development.
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