Family Matters

In a research done in 1971 by Gergen, he found that there are four things that need to happen for us to accept a message:

1. Authority: The person who is giving the message needs to be in a position to do that - knowledgeable, experienced, in power

2. Familiarity: The person who is giving the message is presented as someone close to us who knows us well - family, friend…

“My husband recently said he did not love me at all. He said he had not loved me for a long time. It hurts so much. Why would he do that?”
I am sure he loved you when he said he did. When he said he did not love you he must have been upset [...]