#25 Too gentle to be real or too nasty to be kind? Two unhealthy recipes for creating distance between us

How do you approach other people?

Ruthless or polite?

Too nasty or too nice?

Both approaches create distance between us.

Ruthless is obviously hurtful - but too polite or too nice keeps us from the interesting space that lives close to our personal limits and boundaries. But it is in this space all the interesting authentic human stuff between us happens! It's about finding the middle path.

In this episode I will take you through: The comfort zone, Hans Christian Andersen, authentic human behavior, connections, vulnerability and courage, Immanuel Kant, Me-Too, friendship, good intentions, rudeness, overly polite, the balanced middle path, our true emotional state and consideration-gravy (“omsovs”). And many other things.