Episode 215: Universal Chillness is Not Your Cross to Bear
Just Break Up: Relationship Advice from Your Queer Besties
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Emotional Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents by Bernay Brown
Sally Kohn: It's possible for us to have conversations with folks who are going through something difficult and understand and see and affirm those emotions without also needing to experience those emotions with them. She says that the most effective way to sort of navigate situations like the ones where you're talking about is bringing in compassion, which is this understanding that we're all humans having an experience in this world. "I can understand what you're going through. I don't necessarily need to feel it," she writes. 'It doesn't have to be a gentle place but there is a time'
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