<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Wholeness requires retaining softness after... > Wholeness requires retaining softness after firmness and care after distance. Otherwise the protective strategy can become a permanent narrowing of emotional range. **Source:** [[livestreams/Strategic Disengagement, Non-Attachment, and the Whole Self — Part 2 - Workbook|Strategic Disengagement, Non-Attachment, and the Whole Self — Part 2]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Wholeness requires retaining softness after firmness and care after distance. Otherwise the protective strategy can become a permanent narrowing of emotional range.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-wholeness-requires-retaining-narrowing-emotional-range ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->