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How to address disruptive behavior in close-knit groups

Our book club has been meeting for five years and has become really important to all of us, but lately one member has been dominating every discussion and making it about her personal drama instead of the books. The rest of us keep exchanging looks but nobody knows how to address it without being mean.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community space that nourished everyone is being hijacked by one person's needs, and the group's conflict avoidance is enabling the problem to worsen.

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