"I've experienced this many times and at first what I did is tried to defend my path by attacking the default path. This was a mistake for me because I wasn't actually against the default path," she said. "The best course of action is essentially just to share your feelings." She says her mother's fear about not having security doesn't mean you can convince them that you feel secure on your path.
Paul Millerd is a writer.
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The Pathless Path by: https://www.amazon.com/Pathless-Path-Imagining-Story-Work/dp/B09QF6Q421
Substack: https://boundless.substack.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/p_millerd
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