Have those difficult conversations
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The advice…
Some subjects are not easy to talk about. But we should talk about them all the more. The tougher the topic, the more important it is to face it. Because the internal turmoil caused by a repressed conversation is directly proportional to the discomfort of facing it.
Where it’s coming from…
It could be something hurtful a friend said. Or a growing grudge you are feeling because of something your partner did or did not do. It could be about a thought that crossed your mind and that is now festering - about what a colleague might say or do during a meeting. Or about how something you said might have come across.
Sometimes there are internal matters that impact our lives. They linger. They grow.
Yes - they grow.
No matter how much we try to suppress them, ignore them, talk ourselves out of them - if something is bothering our core, we need to face it head-on. And the only way to do this, is to talk about it.
It will be uncomfortable. Yes. But certain things have to be said.
You will feel better after - no matter how things go. Because you will no longer have that dull, nagging feeling that erupts randomly. You will be free because the truth will be clear: about why things were said or done. You might see things you did not see before that help you realise you worried for nothing. And, if it turns out that you had reason to worry or be upset, you would have cleared the air - one way or the other - you can move on.