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The Angry Therapist Podcast

Finding the Perfect Partner vs. Finding the Perfect in Your Partner

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 October 2019

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

John Kim (The Angry Therapist) is doing things differently. Therapy in a shot glass. Ten minutes, no filler.


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Music in this episode is by Keshco. The Angry Therapist Podcast is Produced and Audio Engineered by Amanda Meyncke, with support from Stephanie Zoccatelli.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is John Kim and I'm a therapist who went through his own

0:06.7

rebirth. I share my feelings and revelations. I believe in casual or

0:11.0

clinical and with you instead of at you I come unrehearsed on

0:15.9

purpose because self-help doesn't have to be so complicated. So if you read me you know that I don't believe in the one. I believe in the one right now.

0:28.0

I think the concept of the one is romantic and I'm a hopeless romantic and I grew up watching romcom's and

0:38.3

Disney movies well not really Disney movies but romantic comedies and bought into the idea that there is one person

0:46.8

for you and when you find that one person you're supposed to be with forever that you

0:51.2

pour yourself into that person and that's what love looks like.

0:55.7

And yes, all that, like that gives me tingles and I love that idea.

1:01.3

But I think it's dangerous because if you think that there is only

1:07.9

one person for you you're going to believe that because that person is meant to be with you that that person should be perfect.

1:17.5

And this is where I think it gets dangerous because first no one is perfect, including it's not about being with someone who's

1:25.9

perfect it's about finding perfect in your partner not finding the perfect

1:31.8

partner so this is something that I have not finding the perfect partner.

1:32.6

So this is something that I have learned over the years in my own love experiences.

1:39.6

And I think also today a lot of people are out there trying to find their perfect person and you know

1:48.7

when we when we meet someone especially early on because of the fireworks or the chemistry or the attraction, whatever

1:59.6

you want to call it, the sparks.

2:02.4

It's really easy to think someone is perfect, right? It's really easy

2:08.2

when you're emotionally swept away and you're you know having amazing sex or you guys are having great

2:17.2

conversations and you're talking on the phone till two in the morning and you know

2:21.0

there's there's all these things that make the new exciting

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