Gaining Ground without Marching

from Protect Your Noggin · host Stacie and Jeff Mallinson

Drawing from Tao Te Ching chapter 69, we discuss the history and philosophy of restraint. Jeff provides three historical examples when not acting led to catastrophe and three where it just might have saved the world from nuclear annihilation. How does all this relate to the ways in which we deal with verbally abusive relatives at family gatherings?

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