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How to address power dynamics in peer support groups

Three of us friends started meeting monthly to read philosophy and support each other through major life transitions, but one person dominates every discussion and the rest of us have started holding back, and now I'm not sure if this is even serving anyone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Well-intentioned groups often replicate the very dynamics of dominance and withdrawal that participants sought to escape through connection.

Ideas that help explain it
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