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3rd Mar 2023

What you need to know about power: the misunderstood element in all relationships that predicts the quality of the interaction

Many people are terrified of conflict and struggle to set boundaries. Even when they know they should, they do not know how, even in spite of reading books or doing a lot of self help. But a critical element in the energy of boundaries has been missed in a lot of conventional pop psychology, and it's something that animals instinctively know. Nurturing is only half of the equation. The development of baby teeth and the bite-snap instinct in wolves, for example, is essential.

In contrast, humans are often frightened of the bite snap instinct and it has been discouraged from a young age. It is the reason why many people struggle to engage in a meaningful way with others. In this episode learn what wolves instinctively know that keeps every animal in the pack healthy and supported. Humans have lost this instinctive relationship to power, and we are suffering because of it.

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About the Podcast

All Things Human with Adele Wang
How power works, in people and in machines.
How power works, in people and in machines. Especially in this time of massive and hyper-rapid change.

Adele Wang watches how people behave, in organizations and in ordinary life, and says the part most people leave out.

Some episodes are about work. Who decides, who gets blamed, what happens when nobody quite owns a decision. Some are about relationships. Why you know your neighbor's dog's name and not theirs. What we want from each other and what we're willing to admit we want.

The through line is the same either way. What's really going on underneath the thing everyone agrees to say.

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