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Terry Real

What Terry Real thinks about happiness

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Family therapist and founder of Relational Life Therapy. Author of I Don't Want to Talk About It and Us; argues that the Western idea of the separate individual is what makes couples' work hard.

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  1. Our readingSuppressed hurt hardens into resentment that erodes generosity, and what looks like acceptance can actually be resignation.

    Their wordsIt hardens into resentment, and resentment dries up generosity. What looks like acceptance may actually be resignation.

    ↗Feeling Lonely in a Relationship? Why It Happens and How to Reconnectterryreal.com 1st of 3 in this piece