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Enmeshment
Diane Koopman Diane Koopman

Enmeshment

While community and collective care taking are immensely important, it is vital to allow people to develop into autonomous individuals too. A consequence of enmeshed relationships is that responsibilities for care taking and decision making fall on a small number of people which can result in an authoritarian culture. Eventually, people tasked with “ruling” become exhausted and make poor decisions for the group anyway, their choices becoming more reactive, less considered for collective benefit, and increasingly self serving.

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Reciprocal Relationships
Diane Koopman Diane Koopman

Reciprocal Relationships

We all want equity and balance in relationships. That is how we thrive, how we develop our connections and grow into authentic and content human beings, working together to have a quality of life. It is how we heal intergenerational injustices and how we leave a healthy legacy behind for future generations. Negotiating relationships individually and collectively is the crux of the human experience.

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