Hello and welcome to the new mindset hootis podcast. My name is Case Kenney at case.kens.k on

Instagram and this is my weekly podcast where I create short no BS episodes dedicated to helping

you become the person you're meant to be, leave your comfort zone and live a purposeful and

fulfilling life. Let's go.

Thank you. live a purposeful and fulfilling New Mindset Who Dis.

As always, thank you so much for listening.

Thank you for supporting me.

And today, I want to talk about toxic attraction in a sense. The way in which we, for some flawed human reason, we end up attracted to behavior that is rather toxic. And I'll share a really acute

example of what this looks like in just a second. But I think my big takeaway for this episode

is that, and I'll back into it, is attraction to another person, a potential partner, even a friend.

It should never feel like a test.

And this is something I see so often nowadays that people are constantly testing each other

with toxic behaviors, intentionally playing aloof and being unbothered and intentionally

keeping you at an arm's distance, right?

We can't let our human brains trick us into thinking that is chemistry,

because that's what our brains do.

More on that in a minute.

We have to recognize that some people make themselves appear valuable,

not because they actually have substance,

but because they're withholding access to you,

and our brains confuse that for chemistry. A healthy relationship should never require games

to create desire, much less sustained desire. And to start, I saw this tweet the other day

...