Professor Alison Wood Brooks

Yep.

And this is not one where I'm going to try and justify my whatever...

No, actually, objectively, I should have been more attentive and present.

I just wanted her to know that.

Because I felt that she was right and I regretted my behavior.

So sometimes I don't feel like she's right.

Sometimes I'm here to, you know, respond.

In this particular scenario, I thought, you know, actually on balance, I should have been more present.

This was an important time for her.

And in hindsight, that's not how I wish I'd behaved.

Understood.

And...

you really understand that was really it it's like I wanted her to feel understood and I guess like connected to me but it's more it's really more I just wanted her to not worry that I didn't understand so she didn't have to say it again I just wanted her to know that I get it and that in future I wish I'd behave differently how did you want to feel during and after this conversation

I guess I wanted to offload the guilt.

Good.

Because I felt bad.

I felt like, no, actually.

I mean, I never seemed to have enough time.

So it was like, it was...

Yeah.