Curiosity, Esther Perel says in this “Esther Calling,” about a friend’s life now is essential if a childhood friendship is to survive adulthood.
. I cried and cried when she told me — she thought it was tears of happiness, and for me it was tears of sorrow.
Esther: Because your question is actually asking her to affirm her choice and to convince her that it’s the right choice, but that’s the way you ask it. You could also ask her, “Oh, this has been a very rough year for you and you have felt very lonely, and I am far away. And many of the other people that you wished were there, or that you would hope to count on, haven’t been there for you. Tell me, how important has he — or they, if it’s his family included — been for you?”Yeah.
Esther: What you’re hinting at is that her politics are changing? And then now you’re feeling like she’s veering off in a different point of view. And therefore, if you tell her what you do, what’s going to happen?It feels like, “There’s the other side of the story that you’ve not thought about, that you’ve not considered”; “The media is sensationalizing” — this kind of stuff.
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