Snapshot · Reimagining Love with Dr. Alexandra Solomon
Oprah's teaching that the universe first sends small 'bricks upside the head' before sending the whole brick wall is used to explain why a breakup becomes the crisis that finally forces growth.
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The word 'mistake' does three kinds of damage: it implies a right/wrong binary that intimate relationships are too complex to support; it assumes we should have possessed perfect foresight; and — most dangerously for reconciliation — it puts the person who made the so-called mistake in a crawling, shame-based posture before they've even reached out. Dr. Solomon is explicit that she welcomes contrition and accountability, but not groveling. [1] — Dr. Alexandra Solomon "Calling a breakup a 'mistake' puts you in a one-down position of shame before you even reach out to your ex. Replace it with FGO — effing g…" 10:20 Instead, she introduces FGO — effing growth opportunity — a term she holds 'near and dear,' and maps it onto Oprah's teaching that the universe sends small bricks before the whole wall comes down. The section closes on a generous vision: the breakup as the crisis that finally cracked a person open, giving them the self-awareness, humility, and perspective needed to try again from a stronger foundation.
Calling a breakup a 'mistake' puts you in a one-down position of shame before you even reach out to your ex. Replace it with FGO — effing growth opportunity — and suddenly the breakup becomes the catalyst for growth that earned you the right to try again.
Rather than labeling a breakup a 'mistake,' Dr. Solomon urges listeners to call it an FGO — an effing growth opportunity — to avoid shame and one-down positioning when approaching an ex.
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