OG Therapy #126 - "Holiday Survival: Love, Loss, and Giving Back"
OG Therapy Podcast
Elevate Podcasting
4 • 760 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Today, David and Brandon discuss the pressures of relationships during the holidays and why so many feel the urge to rekindle old flames or dive into new ones. We unpack the loneliness epidemic, the impact of societal expectations, and how focusing on service can transform your holiday experience. Whether you’re struggling with grief, loneliness, or just the weight of the season, this episode offers practical tips for creating meaningful connections and finding purpose. Tune in to discover how helping others can be the ultimate cure for holiday blues.
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| 0:00.0 | Do not confuse this with treatment or mental health advice or direction. |
| 0:05.5 | Nothing on this podcast is made to supplement or supersede the relationship and direction of your mental health caretakers. |
| 0:12.5 | Although David Koslowski is a licensed marriage and family therapist, he is not functioning as a certified mental health professional in this environment. |
| 0:21.2 | And same applies to any professional who may appear on the OG Therapy podcast. |
| 0:26.7 | Welcome to the OG Therapy. |
| 0:30.0 | Hey, everybody, welcome to another episode of OG Therapy. |
| 0:33.8 | And today we're going to talk a little bit more about this whole holiday thing. |
| 0:38.6 | In fact, the last couple episodes, we've talked a little bit about loneliness |
| 0:41.4 | and how loneliness affects everybody during the holidays. |
| 0:45.5 | But my producer, Brandon, before we got on the podcast, he brought up a real life scenario. |
| 0:50.4 | And we're not going to throw anyone under the bus or you're not going to say your friend's name, but we'll use his initials maybe. Okay. Well, maybe we'll leave out the initials. Yeah. But we were talking about it. And, you know, I had a couple thoughts about some things I want to talk about on the podcast today. And he just asked me this question. I was like, okay, hold on. Let's just do that question on the podcast because I think it's something that a lot of people can relate to you during the holidays. |
| 1:13.2 | Either you've had this experience yourself or you're trying to coach a friend through not making these types of mistakes. |
| 1:19.1 | So Brandon, why don't you share what was the question that your friend hits you up with that you want to meet away in on? |
| 1:25.3 | Yeah. |
| 1:25.7 | So I've had a friend on one end of it and then |
| 1:29.7 | a coworker on another just being lonely during the holidays and either really wanting to get |
| 1:34.8 | into relationship or are thinking about slash have gotten back together with an X. So just like |
| 1:40.6 | why do people get so, I don't want to say desperate, but so angsty about being in a relationship during the holidays? |
| 1:49.2 | For my experience with, you know, just help my clients, there's a number of reasons. |
| 1:53.1 | Some will be more obvious than others. |
| 1:55.6 | One, there's just a lot of expectation during the holidays. |
| 1:59.8 | You know, you turn on, you know, the TV if you still watch TV. |
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