Sentences with phrase «keep emotional distance»

Some people struggle unsuccessfully to keep emotional distance and expectations in check — particularly during the inevitable tumult of separation and divorce.»

You'd think I'd learn and start practicing the traditional ministry model I was taught and have read about where the pastor keeps some emotional distance from the congregation.

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Armor - plated with a glass screen that kept people from getting too close without feeling shut out, Fosdick maintained a physical (though not always emotional) distance from his congregation.

McQueen keeps his distance; his matter - of - fact depiction forces the audience to supply, and simmer in, its own emotional reaction.

Jack tries to keep them at a distance — he's learned from experience that relationships can be hazardous to men in his line of work — but after years of allowing professional considerations to trump emotional ones his resistance is no longer as stout as it once was.

It also works unnecessarily hard to keep us at an emotional distance from its main characters, a married couple that has separated under mysterious circumstances.

The frenzy keeps the audience at an emotional distance.

Mood prevails over narrative momentum in this elliptical drama that's admirable for its vision even as it keeps its characters at a frustrating emotional distance.

They discuss the strong emotional needs that may keep partners in the pursue - distance dance, and explore ways of effectively creating new dance steps.