Martha Beck: Yes, It Was Awful...Now Please Shut Up

Yes, It Was Awful—Now Please Shut Up

Poignant, tragic, funny, outrageous—most of us have at least one story we tell to explain our emotional bruises. But there's a big difference between understanding the past and being stuck in it.

By Martha Beck

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Martha Beck on the difference between understanding the past and being stuck in it.

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