if you're not owning your life, someone else is
Rage is a destructive demand for significance when we believe that who we are is not enough to be important to those we love.The anger that spurs on the rage is a defence mechanism to protect ourselves from becoming invisible.We try, in our own little futile ways, to be enough without being able to express [...]
When honour is confused with social standing, abuse becomes an acceptable form of saving face.Beyond considerations of family honour, this toxic cultural practice convinces the individual that infidelity becomes excusable because divorce is deplorable.It convinces the brute of the justification of their rage when their partner rejects dehumanising practices by their in-laws.It replaces ideals of [...]
The only thing worse than an insincere apology is the apology that is offered with a demand that it be accepted.The most important part of an apology is not that it is made, but that it is authentic.Not just sincere. Authentic.If an apology is limited to a text message, or a few words uttered, but [...]