What is Self Abandonment?
The Angry Therapist Podcast
John Kim
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 5 December 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, John is joined by Vanessa Bennett and Dene Logan to talk about self abandonment: what is it and what it looks like in your relationships.
Roughly ten minutes of self help in a shot glass. If you're looking for a wine glass, you've come to the wrong place. Marriage family therapist and best selling author, John Kim, shares his life and love revelations as well as insights from his sessions. He pulls the curtain back and documents his journey as a therapist but more importantly, as a human being.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, my name is John Kim. I'm a therapist who went through his own rebirth many years ago |
| 0:05.6 | and I've been documenting my journey ever since sharing my life lessons and revelations. |
| 0:10.4 | I believe in casual or clinical with you instead of at you. I come unrehearsed on purpose |
| 0:16.2 | because self-health doesn't have to be so complicated. |
| 0:20.3 | Today we're going to talk about self abandonment and what that means and I always start with |
| 0:28.8 | an opening question so my opening question is this what is one thing that you have redefined lately? |
| 0:36.1 | There's a new definition to this, something that is different. |
| 0:40.1 | We'll start with Vanessa. |
| 0:42.7 | Vanessa, I almost called you my wife. |
| 0:44.6 | You know, I think I should just call you my wife. |
| 0:46.6 | How would that feel for you? |
| 0:47.6 | Or do you think we should save it in case we get married? |
| 0:50.0 | Because so many people would just assume that we're married. |
| 0:53.0 | I mean at this point to me it's just language. |
| 0:54.9 | I don't, I think for all intensive purposes I pretty much am your wife. |
| 0:59.2 | I mean we own property together, we have a child, like like it's just vernacular okay |
| 1:05.4 | okay take a second close your eyes let me know how this feels let's start with |
| 1:11.1 | my wife Vanessa Bennett. |
| 1:13.0 | It's funny. |
| 1:15.0 | Are you, do you want to run out the door or are you like, oh, that's kind of hot? |
| 1:19.0 | Is it weird that my initial reaction was to laugh? |
| 1:21.0 | Like it makes me giggle like in a weird uncomfortable either |
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