Overcoming the Conditioned Response to Suffer in Silence

How choosing an alternative lifestyle helped me become more assertive

Image is my own from my travel archives

It’s a lovely memory. Sitting outside at an Italian cafe in Cuenca, Ecuador, drinking a complex Argentinian Malbec, noshing on a spicy charcuterie tray, and sharing travel stories with new friends. But what really sticks out for me was a comment a…