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Scenario

How reading groups handle difficult conversations about social issues

Our book club has been meeting for five years and we've become really close, but lately when we try to discuss books that touch on race or politics, a few members shut down the conversation by saying they 'don't want to get political' and the rest of us are left feeling like we can't be fully ourselves in this space anymore.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Intimacy without the capacity for difficult conversations creates a kind of closeness that ultimately excludes parts of who people really are.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
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Worth thinking about

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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.

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