psychological bravery

Toddler sitting on a Wooden Chair holding a Book

Psychological Flexibility

A while ago I read a post in a parenting forum that struck me for a few reasons. It was by a mum who had taken her daughter to the library, and had watched while her young daughter very politely

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Erving Goffman wrote in “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” (1959, p243): “…there is no interaction in which the participants do not take an appreciable chance of being slightly embarrassed or a slight chance of being deeply humiliated. Life may not be much of a gamble, but interaction is.''

Psychological Bravery

The trope of “psychological bravery” crops up a lot. But what does it mean? Typically, “psychological bravery” is an attempt to reframe: instead of focusing on creating psychologically safe environments, we should simply encourage individuals to be braver. In other

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