Well, hello there and welcome to this episode of the Terry Cole Show. And this is a new kind of

episode. I've never done one like this specifically before. So I did a fascinating interview with

my friend John Kim. You may know him as the angry therapist. He's a licensed therapist. He's a

speaker. He's the author of bestselling. I used to be a miserable fuck and single on purpose. He's a licensed therapist. He's a speaker. He's the author of bestselling. I used to be a miserable fuck and single on purpose. He's a writer for psychology today, among many other publications. We both have new books out. And so we did one interview that we're both going to use on our podcast. Anyway, I know John from the interwebs. That's when I first, someone in my team turned me on to him,

and this moniker of The Angry Therapist, and I don't know why, but I just thought it was really funny.

His life changed quite a bit about 12 years ago after going through a divorce.

That's when he started his blog, The Angry Therapist, and he quickly built a devoted following of fans who love the frank and

authentic insights by practicing transparency and sharing his story, something therapists are taught

not to do, which is very true. And this is something it's interesting. When you're a therapist

with a public-facing business, you know, you have to really decide, like, how much am I going

to share about myself when

usually we don't share anything? So John has a new book out. That is called Breakup on-purpced,

a catalyst for growth. So in this interview, and it was really a conversation amongst friends,

we talked all about why do breakup sometimes create the greatest soil for growth?

Why are some breakup so hard to get over, different kinds of breakups that there are?

I talked a little bit about high functioning codependency and how that interferes with healthy

relationships.

We hit the whole gamut of things.

But I really had a wonderful time.

It was a spirited conversation and I hope that you enjoy this conversation with John Kim,

the angry therapist, as much as I enjoyed interviewing him.

This is the Terry Cole show. and as you might have guessed, I'm your host, Terry Cole.

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