Nothing NEEDS to Happen

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today, John shares his revelation that 'nothing needs to happen' for happiness, and the shift from merely existing to truly living. Through anecdotes and reflections, he encourages listeners to embrace laughter, practice mindfulness, and engage with their community. I'm running a 7-Day "Done with the Bullsh*t" Detox — this isn't the kind with green juice and caffeine withdrawals. It's a soul-level cleanse. Here’s what you’ll detox each day: Day 1: Cancel old contracts — the silent agreements you never meant to make. Day 2: Break up with people-pleasing and reclaim your no. Day 3: Unfollow the fantasy and stop chasing someone else’s timeline. Day 4: Mute your inner critic and replace it with compassion. Day 5: Cut out comparison and come back to your own path. Day 6: Starve the reflex to fix everything — choose stillness instead. Day 7: Fast from the noise and finally hear yourself again. This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about coming home to who you’ve always been. This challenge is only $7 and starts June 16th. SIGN UP HERE. Order John's new book, Break Up. On Purpose, HERE Jump into John’s new Single. On Purpose app HERE Follow John on Instagram HERE Find out more about John HERE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm John Kim, a licensed therapist who used to be a miserable fuck before going on a hero's journey and turning expired relationships into revelations.
0:09.6	I use my story to help others, I come with you instead of at you, unrehearsed on purpose, because self-help doesn't have to be polished or complicated.
0:18.6	It just has to be honest.
0:20.2	You know how some people like to curl up with a good book? be polished or complicated. It just has to be honest.
0:24.5	You know how some people like to curl up with a good book?
0:28.4	I like to curl up with a powerful, portable microphone.
0:33.5	A good, solid microphone that's going to capture my inner journey.
0:36.5	So if you don't know, I do two type of episodes.
0:39.2	I do audio only, which is what I'm doing now.
0:46.2	And these episodes are more intimate. It is a passing of the baton from my Tumblr days. But instead of blogging, I'm now using audio. It's a documentation of basically what I'm going through my life.
0:55.1	It's a audio diary for the public.
0:59.9	And then my audio slash video episodes are guests, more cycle babble.
1:06.6	These episodes are more for you, meaning tools about, you know, for relationships and answering your questions, etc.
1:16.0	The audio-only episode, which is what I'm doing now, is more for me.
1:21.8	I wanted to share or wanted to document.
1:25.4	Oh, just real quick, I had a thought.
1:28.3	So if you're a parent, in about 30 minutes,
1:32.8	we are taking our daughter to her first dance recital.
1:38.2	And a part of me is like, well, both of us don't have to go.
1:42.6	Vanessa is going to take her for sure, so I could come with her or I don't have to go um venessa's going to take her for sure so i could come with her or i don't
1:47.3	have to and uh like why do i have to i could get so much work done you know there's so many things
1:53.0	i need to do and then i thought to myself john remember back in the 80s when you did your first Chucky Cheese breakdancing competition?
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