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    WHEN DIFFICULT PEOPLE BECOME OUR BEST TEACHERS...

    Apr 12, 2022 4 minutes
    “We’re hardwired to move away from discomfort and pain, and we all have different default patterns for how we do that”

    Your mum loves to get as much of the family together every year for a meal. This year, she’s rented a holiday cottage and invited everyone for the weekend. As you drive into the car park you see your brother has, yet again, parked his fancy sports car at a careless angle, taking up two spaces. Your heckles begin to tingle in a familiar way. You walk in holding the lasagne you were asked to bring, and your aunt takes one look and makes a rather off-hand comment that it could have been bigger. You spot your mum and dad setting the

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