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[Unedited] Alain de Botton with Krista Tippett

On Being with Krista Tippett

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Learning through Sweetness and Patience

Relationships often carry a hidden agenda of improvement, where individuals want to enhance their partners. However, the approach taken, such as humiliation or anger, is counterproductive as true learning occurs in an environment of sweetness, tenderness, and patience. The anxiety stemming from past relationship failures impedes individuals from being the nurturing teachers they could be.

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