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Meagan's avatar

This is so spot on. Thank you :)

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Anna Brown's avatar

Thanks! This one is so helpful in relationships. My couples clients always have a lightbulb moment when we talk about this. There are lots of internal processors married to external processors!

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Pam Laricchia's avatar

So glad it resonated, Meagan! :-)

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Meagan's avatar

Pam and Anna, you are the best. Your work has helped me tremendously in my parenting, unschooling years, and personal relationships. I am so grateful for you both. And yes, I am one of those external processors married to an internal processor. :) Both my kids are also external processors. My husband is a patient saint :)

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Anna Brown's avatar

💗

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Annie's avatar

I've been unschooling for 16 years and read so much of your work Pam, and many others - but this was one of the biggest Aha! moments I've had. I am definitely an external processor and my youngest is an internal processor - all of our conversations and the look he gives me when I jump in and start trying to help him plan things suddenly make sense. I've kind of known this stuff theoretically but suddenly it all became clear and relevant and I can see it making big changes in how I relate to my son and my husband and others in my life

Thank you!!!!!

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Anna Brown's avatar

I'm glad it resonated! It's such a helpful piece to understand for all of our relationships.

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Annie's avatar

I mentioned it to my youngest (the internal processor) and he also had a lightbulb moment and said that a whole lot of things now made sense

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Pam Laricchia's avatar

Hi, Annie! That's so cool! It really is such a fundamental difference, isn't it? And recognizing it in action can help so much as we navigate the day to day of our relationships.

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Anna Brown's avatar

I love that!! Thanks so much for sharing!

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