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The Angry Therapist Podcast

21 Questions You Should Ask Your Therapist with Lair Torrent - PART 1

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This episode is about what happens when we slow down and ask the questions that don’t come with neat answers. In an honest and reflective conversation, we explore the inner world behind the therapist’s role — the places where healing is still unfolding, emotions are still complicated, and vulnerability still matters. We talk about being seen in relationship, struggling with sadness and anger, the pull between authenticity and edge, and how early experiences shape the way we show up in life, love, and work. This isn’t a lesson. It’s a conversation. A reminder that healing doesn’t require perfection — only presence, honesty, and a willingness to stay with what’s real. If you’re on your own journey of self-understanding, this episode meets you there. Follow Lair Torrent on Instagram HERE Buy Lair's book The Practice of Love HERE Lair's Website HERE In Bloom Summit HERE 📘 Read John’s new book in progress Sh*t Your Therapist Would Never Tell You on John’s SubStack ⁠HERE⁠ If you’re ready for deeper work, the Secure Self course is available HERE Order John's new book, Break Up. On Purpose,⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow John on Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ HERE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You hear that?

0:03.0

That's not just a Toyota truck.

0:06.0

That's the sound of no crowds, no alerts, no distractions, and no telling what you'll find next.

0:18.0

You know, like a detour.

0:21.7

So why would you ever take a tour

0:23.6

and you could take a detour?

0:27.1

Toyota Trucks.

0:29.9

What I've noticed is when I'm really in process

0:32.9

and really feeling my shit or going through it,

0:36.0

which try moving to a foreign country and your

0:39.2

shit will find you.

0:43.2

I'm John Kim, a licensed therapist who used to be a miserable fuck before going on a hero's

0:47.9

journey and turning expired relationships into revelations.

0:51.7

I use my story to help others come with you instead of at you,

0:56.1

unrehearsed on purpose,

0:57.9

because self-help doesn't have to be polished or complicated.

1:01.5

Just honest.

1:07.1

Laird Torrance is a therapist, an author, a speaker, and I asked him to come on this podcast.

1:19.2

He's been on this podcast before.

1:21.1

We've done a series on different topics.

1:23.5

So if you type in his name, you can search and find other podcast episodes.

1:28.0

But I asked him to come on because I'm trying to humanize the therapist, which has been kind of my mission for the last 15 years.

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