https://drjonicewebb.com/seven-steps-to-speak-your-uncomfortable-truth/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-steps-to-speak-your-uncomfortable-truth&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=seven-steps-to-speak-your-uncomfortable-truth Your resource for relationship and emotional health. Wed, 09 Nov 2022 20:33:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://drjonicewebb.com/seven-steps-to-speak-your-uncomfortable-truth/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Mon, 11 Sep 2017 22:46:15 +0000 http://www.drjonicewebb.com/?p=2941#comment-1335 Number 7 for me: I hurt somebody I really cared about but I needed for my own self preservation to stay away from this person [a sibling]. It was probably one of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to do and I lost a lot of people in the aftermath. I was pressured from my family of origin to “forgive and forget” but I knew that I would never grow if I stayed in this relationship. I found that my focus was entirely on this person and was getting in the way of my marriage. I will always tell the truth but often people really don’t want to hear it. You can’t have “versions” of the truth…it is what it is. I don’t think the conversation was done with a lot of grace. There was lots of frustration and anger, blaming and shaming. But we need to find our voice and we need to speak our truths.

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