The Dance of Connection: How to Talk to Someone When You're Mad, Hurt, Scared, Frustrated, Insulted, Betrayed, or Desperate

by Harriet Lerner

Whatever words we use, we can extend an invitation to the people we love to tell us their stories when they are ready. If a person we love has found the courage to live through something, then we can find the courage to live through something, then we can find the courage to listen, to give our full attention, and to not back away from asking, “Is there more you haven’t told me?”