The Idiot Compassion of Friends and Partners

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"I totally understand what you're talking about there. I've seen it in my own friend group, especially with people getting older and saying, okay, I'm going to straighten up," she says. "It's because they will have to grow up too if their friend is growing up." A therapist can help a person navigate through life more smoothly by helping them see the bigger picture.

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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