Control vs agency
Here’s a humanist way to hold that distinction: • Control is rooted in fear. It’s the ego’s attempt to manage outcomes, people, and feelings so nothing
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Here’s a humanist way to hold that distinction: • Control is rooted in fear. It’s the ego’s attempt to manage outcomes, people, and feelings so nothing
• I am not enough / not good enough → I am lacking, incomplete. • I am too much → My real self is overwhelming, unsafe for
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