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119 How To Engage Someone's Story Part 3

The Place We Find Ourselves

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Triangulation - What Is Triangulation?

A healthy triangle means that mom and dad at the top are closer to each other than either one of them is to you, the child. Whenever a parent is emotionally closer to one of the children than the parent is to their spouse, that child is being triangulated. And triangulation results in two deadly dynamics. Dynamic number one, your goodness, what you offer in the world, your presence is consumed by one of your parents. Dynamic number two, as a result, you are set up to be envied by your same sex parent. You are put at enmity with your same sexparent.

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