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When group dynamics become uncomfortable but no one speaks up

Our book club started as five women who wanted intellectual conversation but now it's become the place where Sarah dominates every discussion and the rest of us have started making eye contact about it but nobody wants to hurt her feelings. We're all conflict-avoidant and it's killing what we loved about meeting.

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Kindness can become cowardice when preserving someone's feelings means sacrificing everyone's experience.

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