Honesty is an Act of Kindness — Not an Attack

How to stop “getting over things” and start being kindly honest

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I come from an environment where being honest means launching an attack on someone. If you grow up like this, you can end up being unable to form sincere and close relationships. This is because sincerity and closeness requires a dose of vulnerability (even pain at times) and both…