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How to address power dynamics in peer support groups

Our friend group has been meeting monthly for three years to talk about life stuff but lately two people dominate every conversation and the rest of us just sit there and I don't know if calling it out will destroy the whole thing but the dynamic is making me not want to show up.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group's original purpose becomes compromised when informal hierarchies emerge and remain unaddressed.

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