How do we establish authentic connections? How do we get in touch with one another in such a way that we are both honoured in what we are, and yet we remain fully open to the other? As constitutively relational beings, we can’t avoid this sort of questions. Our daily life moves through a number of socially codified scripts that show patterns for relating with other beings, via specific roles that we learned to play. To some extent, this social scaffolding is necessary and helpful. Yet, it a...