How to Be Single and Happy | E335

Love, Happiness and Success with Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

YAP Media Network | Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby

Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Relationships

4.7 • 890 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Do you believe being single is a bad thing? Or that it’s a problem that needs to be resolved as quickly as possible? I hope your reflexive answer to these questions is “absolutely not!” But, even if you’re not aware of it, you may have echoes of these cultural attitudes boomeranging around your brain, and they can make it hard for you to feel fulfilled and happy outside of a committed relationship. Now, don’t get me wrong — I think loving relationships are absolutely fabulous. In fact, I’ve devoted my life to helping people create and maintain healthy relationships through services like counseling, dating coaching, and more. But I also know that there are many people who are searching for a partner while living with a deep anxiety about their status as a single person. Many single people tell me they’re kept up at night by worries about the possibility of never finding love. Ironically, this kind of desperation can undermine your chances of building the kind of life that would make you authentically happy — and that would invite healthy love into your life in a sustainable way. If you are single and worried about never finding a partner, I hope this episode of the podcast helps you find greater meaning and happiness. My guest is John Kim, a marriage and family therapist and the author of “Single on Purpose: Redefine Everything, Find Yourself First.” He’s sharing tips on being single and happy, while also making room for real love in your life. You won’t want to miss this conversation! With love, Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby growingself.com

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0:00.0	This is Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby, and you're listening to the Love, Happiness, and Success Podcast.
0:06.3	There's a myth about being single as being a negative thing, when in fact, being single is an
0:13.2	amazing opportunity to do fundamentally important growth work on yourself that helps you
0:19.5	evolve into the kind of person you want to be
0:22.3	and ultimately have the kind of relationships that you want to have. And that's what we're talking
0:27.2	about on today's episode. We're listening to a super fun version of Billy Idols dancing with myself.
0:43.0	We're listening to the Dolly Rots cover, which I think is so cool.
0:47.3	If you're interested to learn more about the Dolly Rots or their music or their upcoming tour dates or get your very own Dolly Rots t-shirt.
0:55.5	You can do so at their bandcamp page, the dollyrots.bantcamp.com.
1:01.7	On this episode of the podcast, we're talking about something that I know is going to be so
1:07.1	useful for you if you are a single person recently out of a relationship or even someone who's
1:14.9	thinking about leaving a long-term relationship. And that is how to be genuinely happy being single.
1:23.2	I work with so many people who are either not in a relationship or ambivalent about the one
1:29.2	they're in and they have a lot of anxiety about the idea of their, you know, not having a partner.
1:38.3	It keeps them up at night. And when they do date or think about dating, it can create a ton of pressure and anxiety around, you know, are you my person?
1:48.3	And the smallest things can become fraught because of this pressure.
1:52.6	And so as someone who is absolutely devoted to helping people create really healthy relationship with others, one of the things that I have learned over the years is that it is fundamentally important
2:05.4	for all of your relationships to first have a really, really good relationship with yourself.
2:12.7	And that is the foundation.
2:14.8	That is your primary relationship from which all other relationships are built.
2:20.1	And to talk with us today about this idea and more, I have invited John Kim to join us today.
2:29.5	John is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a life coach, and the best-selling author of the book,
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