Ep 274 What about Me?
Marriage Therapy Radio
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4.6 • 690 Ratings
🗓️ 27 June 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Zach shares some of what he learned about himself on his recent international trip. Laura continues to process her son's diagnosis and recounts her own travel stories.
Zach asks Laura for advice on handling clients who keep looking to fulfill their own needs without considering the other.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome. |
| 0:03.8 | And thank you for listening to this episode of Marriage Therapy Radio. |
| 0:05.8 | My name is Zach Brittle. |
| 0:07.2 | I'm here with Laura Heck. |
| 0:08.2 | You know, today, I like this episode today. |
| 0:10.6 | We've talked about some stuff that's really been kind of showing up in my practice that I kind of have some questions about. |
| 0:17.4 | And it really centers on this idea of what happens when one partner kind of is like, |
| 0:23.5 | what about me and why should I? And why is this my responsibility? And I think Laura really |
| 0:29.0 | points me and this conversation in some really good directions. It recalls for me something that I think |
| 0:34.1 | we talk about a lot, but that is, was this painting I saw on a wall in |
| 0:38.8 | Korea. And the phrase that it said was, respectful disconnection brings healthy connection. |
| 0:45.7 | And I think that's what we're chasing. We're chasing respect, even in disconnection. |
| 0:50.8 | And then, of course, healthy connection. And yeah, I think this episode shines a light on some of that. |
| 0:57.0 | This is a very cool conversation. Stick around. |
| 1:00.8 | We are in an interesting state. There doesn't seem to be a lot of energy from either of us. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, I still have jet lagged probably. I'm still, I don't know. I'm still trying to catch up. |
| 1:09.6 | It was weird. It's weird to go, for me, it's weird to go to Virginia for four days. Yeah. And I went to Korea for four days. I was actually just looking at tickets to Maine to go with Becky Sneed. Yeah. And it is no joke. It was like an average of 11 hours just to get to the other side of the United States. It's like if I'm going to go to Maine, I might as well just go to London. I might as well just keep going. Maybe. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Why not? So, yeah, I totally understand. Like, it is. Travel is tough. I don't know, I have a lot of thoughts about travel. I almost want to like, |
| 1:47.9 | like, like really lean into it a little bit and see if there's something we can do like at the, |
| 1:52.1 | like, like a whole topic level because I, I, I, first of all, I can't wait, I can't believe that, |
| 1:58.0 | well, I was 50 before I traveled internationally. Like, |
| 2:01.0 | I literally... This is such a big topic for you and I really want to lean into it and I'm going to |
| 2:05.2 | use your words, but like I find myself because I'm not 50, because I've even hit like 40 yet, I'm like, |
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