BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

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Am I Good enough?

Am I Good enough?

Elise Loehnen on what we give up by being on our best behaviour.

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Carissa Potter
Aug 03, 2023
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“The story is shaped by who is telling it,” Elise Loehnen proclaims. In her newest bestselling book, On Our Best Behavior, Elise unveils the ways that we have been culturally programmed to suppress our feelings & emotions, wants & needs in order to be “good.” Good in this case means subservient to those in control in a vertical power structure. Goodness…

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