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When social groups develop unhealthy dynamics that no one addresses

Our book club started as a way to discuss literature but it's turned into three people who dominate every conversation while the rest of us just sit there. Some of us have tried to speak up but the talkers don't seem to notice and now half the group is thinking about quitting instead of dealing with it directly.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group is choosing the discomfort of dysfunction over the discomfort of direct conversation.

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“Where Are You with Memento mori across traditions?”

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