Unlearning Isolation, Part 2
If you missed the first part of this chapter, you might want to read that first. Unlearning Isolation, Part 1.
Do you remember Brandon from chapter 7? He’s the musician who felt alienated at home and tried to ease the pain by going through girlfriend after girlfriend, until he got married and unfortunately repeated the cycle.
I would have responded to Brandon’s disclosure differently in my thirties than I would now. Now, I see Brandon’s sin clearly, but I also see the motivation and ache he sought to escape. That doesn’t, for a second, excuse the deplorable choices he made, but it does change the way you address how to go forward, away from the typical shame-casting, “get an accountability buddy, grit your teeth and try harder next time” approach.
Read this blog over on Substack, HERE.