Closure as a Bridge: Moving Forward

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, John reflects on his 51st birthday and shares his revelations and insights about life. He discusses the importance of self-reflection, accepting oneself as a 'B-side', the value of movement and fitness, the power of asking for what you want, the significance of friendships, the importance of finding peace, the process of closure, the cumulative nature of life, and the need to let go of what no longer serves us.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own
0:04.3	rebirth many years ago and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life
0:08.9	lessons and revelations. I believe in casual or clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose
0:16.2	because self-health doesn't have to be so complicated.
0:21.6	Every birthday one of my rituals is to wake up early, woke up at 5 a.m. and did not sleep well last night, just a few hours of sleep I think and I go to a coffee shop and I
0:38.1	write down in my notes I reflect on the, and write down my revelations.
0:44.9	And I think this is something that everyone should do, you know.
0:47.6	The year goes by fast, and I think it's important to just take a beat and reflect. What have you learned about yourself, about life, about love?
1:01.3	So here are my revelations at 51 years old. I can't even say that. I'm choking.
1:10.0	I'm choking. I'm choking. This is why I don't live in Korea, because they count the nine months
1:15.8	you're in your mom's stomach, so I would be 52 in Korea.
1:22.1	Fuck that. That's why I'm staying here in Los Angeles, even though the cost of living is ridiculous.
1:30.0	All right, let's get through these. Okay, number one,
1:36.8	I gotta stop making weird noises.
1:39.2	And if you're listening to this on my podcast,
1:41.9	I'm sorry about the grunts and the ums and all these weird noises.
1:47.0	Sometimes they sound sexual and I know it's very weird with me in your ear and uncomfortable so I apologize.
1:55.0	I'm finally okay with being a B-side. So let me explain. You know how on albums, Gen Z will have no idea what I'm talking about, but when we used to have records on the albums, there were sometimes a, it's called the B-side, right? It's the, it's the, it's the B-side of a single. So the single is the popular hit that makes the band the
2:28.0	that makes the band hit the charts.
2:30.0	The B side is the song that they slip in that is kind of obscure that is you know might be the
2:39.7	band's favorite song but it isn't necessarily popular and so these days I'm okay being a B-side I'm okay being a B-side I don't have to
2:59.0	be a hit if that makes sense and I'm not just saying this because I I think most of my
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