The Solution To Burnout & Loneliness Is Hiding In Plain Sight—So Why Aren’t More People Doing It?

The Liz Moody Podcast

Liz Moody

Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement

4.9 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 July 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Journalist and Oxford social sciences scholar Rhaina Cohen discusses how expanding our definition of friendships, relationships, and partners can lead to more fulfilling and less stressful lives. In this episode of the Liz Moody Podcast, host Liz Moody speaks with Rhaina Cohen, an esteemed journalist and author, about the impact of compulsory coupledom on societal expectations and personal well-being. The conversation delves into the historical context of the American Dream, the importance of friendships, and the potential of communal living. Raina offers insights on how to build deeper connections outside of romantic relationships and challenges the status quo of adult life structures. Listeners who feel overwhelmed or lonely may find alternative ways to cultivate fulfilling relationships through friendships and communal living. 00:00 Intro 03:29 Compulsory Coupledom Explained 06:43 The Importance of Friendship 10:26 Challenges in Modern Friendships 14:32 Living Life Together 21:48 Finding and Nurturing Deep Friendships 29:47 Rediscovering New Relationship Energy 31:55 How Non-Monogamy Differs From Platonic Partners 33:52 Defining Romantic vs. Platonic Relationships 35:43 Commitment Beyond Marriage 39:14 The Case for Communal Living 41:41 Historical Context of Communal Living 43:09 Overcoming Barriers to Communal Living 50:22 Practical Steps for Communal Living 56:54 Challenging Default Relationship Norms For more from Rhaina, you can find her on Instagram @rhainacohen or www.rhainacohen.com. You can find her book, The Other Significant Others: Reimagining Life with Friendship at the Center, where books are sold. To join The Liz Moody Podcast Club Facebook group, go to https://www.facebook.com/groups/thelizmoodypodcast. Ready to uplevel every part of your life? Order my new book 100 Ways to Change Your Life: The Science of Leveling Up Health, Happiness, Relationships & Success now! This episode is sponsored by: AG1: visit drinkag1.com/lizmoody and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. LMNT: go to DrinkLMNT.com/LizMoody to get a free LMNT sample pack with any order. Seed: go to seed.com/lizmoody and use code LIZMOODY for 25% off your first month. ZocDoc: go to ZocDoc.com/LizMoody and download the Zocdoc app for FREE and book a top-rated doctor today. Listen to How To Get Your Partner To Open Up About Sex (Even If They’re Resistant) on Pillow Talks. The Liz Moody Podcast cover art by Zack. The Liz Moody Podcast music by Alex Ruimy. Formerly the Healthier Together Podcast. This podcast and website represents the opinions of Liz Moody and her guests to the show. The content here should not be taken as medical advice. The content here is for information purposes only, and because each person is so unique, please consult your healthcare professional for any medical questions. The Liz Moody Podcast Episode 252. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello friends and welcome to the Liz Moody podcast where every week we're sharing real science, real stories, and realistic tools that actually level up every part of your life.
0:10.5	I'm your host Liz Moody and I'm a best-selling author and longtime journalist. Let's dive in.
0:17.2	What we are doing isn't working. This episode was sparked by a conversation that I had with a girlfriend
0:22.4	who is incredibly
0:23.4	successful by all outside metrics. She has an amazing job, her kids are amazing, and
0:28.2	she said to me, I am tired all the time. Everyone I know is tired all all the time.
0:32.6	Everyone I know is tired all of the time.
0:35.9	Everyone, even the people that we think are doing it right,
0:39.6	is stressed and exhausted and feels like they're running to catch up. The structure that we've
0:44.8	built for our lives isn't working, so I wanted to begin to explore different structures.
0:50.1	My guest today, Rayna Cohen, helps do just that.
0:52.8	She's a long-time journalist covering social sciences for outlets like the New York Times,
0:56.7	the Atlantic, the Washington Post, NPR, and NBC News.
1:00.3	With a master's and philosophy from Oxford, she's given talks about relationships and society all around the US and the UK, including at NASA.
1:08.0	In her amazing book, The Other Significant Others, and in this episode, she shares some incredible food for thought
1:14.0	about the history of this American dream life with a husband or a wife and two kids in
1:19.3	your own single family home it is a far more recent dream than you think and it's fully a lie the
1:25.6	reasons for which Rina shares in this episode. We also get into compulsory
1:30.1	coupledom and how it is ruining our lives,
1:32.8	how to build Olympic-level friendships,
1:35.0	the practical steps for communal living,
1:37.1	but not the communal living that you might be thinking of
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