I had this blog almost ready to send Wednesday morning. It started like this: "I choose hope in 2021, in spite of everything that could still go wrong—COVID, political turmoil, record snowstorms like we had here in upstate NY last week, failing to get a book deal." Had I sent it, I would have felt foolish. That afternoon, watching the siege of the US Capital unfold, my hope was overpowered by fear and bewilderment. Yet hope still chooses me.
Category: People-pleasing
Our Wake of Kindness
Sometimes, what looks like conflict-aversion is really a choice to be kind.
Accountability matters–here’s why.
Holding others accountable is hard for people-pleasers because it involves confrontation, which carries the risk of rejection. It's less scary to pretend negative things don't happen.