When I got slapped in the face by “Mama Bear”

Have you ever found yourself in a power struggle with a student, a classmate, a coworker, or a friend? I want to do what I want to do…, but the other person wants to do it their way. Both ways can be entirely correct, but from each vantage point, the other person is wrong. As a struggling perfectionist…letting things go is not my strong suit. Letting others be in control is not my strong suit. Having an innate need to control the situation and orchestrate the perfect ending is my default setting.