Testimony & Reception

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• Intimacy
  A felt closeness and trust built through presence and vulnerability, taking emotional, creative, intellectual, or…
• Continuity
  The way relational meaning persists beyond individual interactions.
• Epistemic Giggling
  The use of tonal affect (e.g., chuckling, smirking, polite laughter) by an authority figure to…
• Witnessing
  The act of receiving another's truth without flinching, judging, or disappearing. Core to HAIR and…
• Shadow Feeling
  A shadow feeling is a vague, persistent sense that something is wrong or that something…
• Avoidance Shame Spiral (A.S.S.)
  The Avoidance Shame Spiral describes a self-reinforcing cycle: a person avoids a task or responsibility,…