The Power of Compassion

We don't look at manipulation as an ideal trait right we don't walk around saying I'm so manipulative and you know this is like an honor we don't wear a badge for that most of us are unwilling to even accept that we might have a tendency to manipulate. This is a really great opportunity to have some compassion and hold space for where patterns and behaviors like that come from because the experience that was just described by Nicole about little Nicole faking these illnesses or getting hurt to spend and have that time with her mom or to be looked after and cared for me doing the same thing with my dad - those are all forms of manipulation We learned as children how to manipulate the environments and the situations