Blame is Big in Marriage and Divorce

Apr 15, 2016

Blame is a big dynamic in both marriage and divorce.  And yet, it almost never moves clients towards their goals.  Brené Brown (yes, I am a special fan of hers simply for the use of the accent in her name) does a great job of breaking blame down into what it is at it’s heart: an expression of pain or frustration: [embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZWf2_2L2v8[/embedyt]

 

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