The Power of Storytelling

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I was just so taken aback at how open you were about yourself and about these people's lives. At some point, I was like, this is so well done. These people can't be real. And the fact that the entire book is like taking a complete 180 from that notion has made it such a big splash. If I had known that so many people would read it, I might not have been that open, but I'm really glad that I was.

In Lori Gottlieb's new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, she opens with a quote from James Baldwin that reads, "Nothing is more desirable than to be released from an affliction, but nothing is more frightening than to be divested of a crutch."

In this episode, we talk about therapy, how it works, the misconceptions around it, and how people go from resisting change to embracing the behaviors required to alter their own thoughts and feelings when stuck in destructive, unhealthy loops. You'll also learn the difference between idiot compassion and wise compassion.

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