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Scenario

When your friend group excludes someone and you go along with it

Our entire friend group has started excluding Sarah from things because she said something politically incorrect at dinner last month and now we're all just quietly going along with it even though some of us think it's gone too far. I keep participating in plans without her because I don't want to be next, but I also know this isn't who I want to be.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The group's unspoken rules about acceptable behavior have created a dynamic where individual conscience conflicts with the safety of belonging.

Your guide for this
Rabia
Rabia works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Groupthink and the cost of belonging?”

Peri

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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