<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Intimacy improves when each person speaks from... > Intimacy improves when each person speaks from self-observation. Describing one's own tendency to shut down, along with the wish to stay present, invites cooperation far more effectively than prosecuting everything the other person has done wrong. **Source:** [[livestreams/Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light - Workbook|Aloneness, Emotional Resilience, and Becoming Your Own Light]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Intimacy improves when each person speaks from self-observation. Describing one's own tendency to shut down, along with the wish to stay present, invites cooperation far more effectively than prosecuting everything the other person has done wrong.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-intimacy-improves-person-person-done-wrong ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->