Most people don't need therapy.
They need to know what to say.
Tell me who it's about and what happened. You'll leave with actual words, not advice about communicating openly.
01. Who is this about
What you actually get
The specifics, not the summary
It asks what was actually said, not just how you feel about it. Vague gets you vague advice back.
The actual words to say
A real sentence you could send today, sometimes two versions when tone matters, not a principle to apply yourself.
A place to practise it first
If it would help to say it out loud before you do, the Conversation Simulator plays the other person, realistically.
What it sounds like
My manager keeps giving me feedback that's too vague to act on and I'm afraid to push for specifics.
Vague feedback usually means one of two things: they haven't thought it through either, or they're avoiding something specific. Either way, the fix is the same, make it easy for them to be concrete.
Try: "That's useful, can you give me one example of when this came up, so I know exactly what to change?"
What's your read on them, will they give you a straight answer if you push, or do they tend to get more vague the more specific you get?
Rather practise it out loud first?
The Conversation Simulator plays the other person, realistically, including the pushback, so the real thing isn't the first time you say it.