Patterned: Remembering the Collective Dream

Patterned: Remembering the Collective Dream

Control vs. Boundaries: Understanding the Millennial Dilemma

The classic mistake of trying to fix out there versus in here...

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Nov 26, 2024
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In relationships, it's easy to mistake controlling someone else's thoughts or behavior for setting a boundary. For us Millennials especially, this conflation might serve as a way to avoid the discomfort of asserting boundaries and the potential conflict they bring. But control and boundaries are fundamentally different—a…

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