The Language of Relationship Makes It Much Harder to Talk About

Mervé: "If we only talk about emotional labor, we overlook the fact that this is a set of skills" The problem with talking about skills to me at least is that it does individualize what is essentially a social phenomenon. Mervé: I want to think about this as a skill set and how I can keep honing that skill set because oftentimes, you know, the struggles we have at managing our emotions prevent us from expressing our values."