Alison Wood Brooks

Yeah.

And that's very bonding. I didn't even realize you were doing it to me. You thought this was a random conversation. I thought you were just asking me. That's so fun.

And that's very bonding. I didn't even realize you were doing it to me. You thought this was a random conversation. I thought you were just asking me. That's so fun.

And that's very bonding. I didn't even realize you were doing it to me. You thought this was a random conversation. I thought you were just asking me. That's so fun.

This is something I am always working on in myself about conversation is more quickly revealing my vulnerability, my mistakes, my failures, my moments of embarrassment and shame. I'm so hungry to get it out of other people and probably too slow to share it with others.

This is something I am always working on in myself about conversation is more quickly revealing my vulnerability, my mistakes, my failures, my moments of embarrassment and shame. I'm so hungry to get it out of other people and probably too slow to share it with others.

This is something I am always working on in myself about conversation is more quickly revealing my vulnerability, my mistakes, my failures, my moments of embarrassment and shame. I'm so hungry to get it out of other people and probably too slow to share it with others.

How do they respond that you think that's not good? They're guarded? They feel threatened?

How do they respond that you think that's not good? They're guarded? They feel threatened?

How do they respond that you think that's not good? They're guarded? They feel threatened?

And then I'm like, bye. You trusted me with your heart and I stomped on it. The reframe of that is that you actually gave it a chance. Nobody needs to waste their time small talking with people.

And then I'm like, bye. You trusted me with your heart and I stomped on it. The reframe of that is that you actually gave it a chance. Nobody needs to waste their time small talking with people.

And then I'm like, bye. You trusted me with your heart and I stomped on it. The reframe of that is that you actually gave it a chance. Nobody needs to waste their time small talking with people.

You're a sharer.

You're a sharer.

You're a sharer.

This is verbal kissing. This is you sharing something vulnerable.

This is verbal kissing. This is you sharing something vulnerable.

This is verbal kissing. This is you sharing something vulnerable.

There are people, though, every relationship in their life is like this and they want nothing else, myself included. Yeah, same. I have a colleague at Harvard named Leslie John who's writing a book called Reveal. And it's all about this conundrum of the spectrum from full opacity where you share nothing to full transparency.