Our friend group has been close for over a decade but one person in it has become increasingly difficult to be around - they dominate every conversation and seem unable to hear feedback - and the rest of us have started planning things without including them. We all feel terrible about it but nobody knows how to address it directly without potentially exploding everything.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community is slowly fracturing around one person's behavior, choosing exclusion over confrontation because they don't know how to maintain both honesty and connection.
“Where Are You with Building community intentionally?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.