421: Sorting Out My Secret Lesbian Love Life | Feedback Friday
Oct 23, 2020
A mother grapples with her secret attraction to women while trying to maintain her marriage, delving into the importance of self-acceptance and honest communication. Listeners also get insights on breaking free from career stagnation, emphasizing the need for self-reflection to find fulfillment. The complexities of strained parent-child relationships are explored, underlining the necessity of setting boundaries. The banter is light, yet the topics are profound, ensuring a thought-provoking and entertaining discussion.
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Bias for Action
Live with a bias toward action to achieve your goals.
Be impatient with your actions, but patient with your results.
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Accepting Your Orientation
Explore and accept your sexual orientation, even if it's complex.
Seek therapy or counseling to understand and integrate these feelings.
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Honest Communication
Hiding significant parts of yourself can create emotional distance in a relationship.
Have open and honest conversations with your partner, even if difficult, to maintain intimacy.
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You're a mother of three, happily married to a wonderful man. But lately you've been acting on your urges to get intimate with other women. Racked with guilt, what can you do to come to terms with this secret lesbian love life before it wrecks your marriage? We'll tackle this and more here on Feedback Friday!
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What does it mean to live with a bias toward action?
You're a mother of three, happily married to a wonderful man. But lately, you've been acting on your urges to get intimate with other women. Racked with guilt, what can you do to come to terms with this secret lesbian love life before it wrecks your marriage?
How do you break out of the dead-end job rut? You're not looking for your dream job, and you're not looking to get rich. You just want to be content with your career and find financial stability, but it seems easier said than done.
Your father is a retired child psychologist who should know that treating you like a nuisance when you need good advice about raising your own child isn't doing your relationship any favors. Is there anything you can do to make him understand something that seems so obvious?
You've been doing the work of someone two levels above you in the company hierarchy, but you keep getting the brush off when you try to negotiate a raise and elevation in title. How do you more assertively pursue your due?
You try to maintain your adult friendships by reaching out and catching up whenever the opportunity arises, but you can't shake the feeling that you're always the one putting in effort that's not reciprocated. Are you crossing some invisible boundaries you're not aware of, or should you just keep on keeping on?
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