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The Angry Therapist Podcast

Why We Must Redefine Love

The Angry Therapist Podcast

John Kim

Mental Health, Health & Fitness

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today, John redefines love as more than just excitement and romance—it's a messy, ever-present force that drives growth and connection. He explores how love evolves, why embracing change is essential, how relationships can be powerful catalysts for healing, and more. Find out more about John’s six-week intensive writing course 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

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slash setup I want to read you something about love and as you're listening to this

0:34.9

or perhaps watching this because the videos are now on Spotify

0:40.3

Speaking of love, look what is in my face. It's a Valentine's balloon half deflated. It's like this is what love holding on to love looks like not quite ready to throw away because it's still floating, right?

0:57.2

But it definitely isn't a full balloon, vibrant in the air.

1:02.3

It is just kind of floating middle, middle of my face.

1:08.6

Anyway, all right.

1:11.5

Love is an energy, a life force, a constant, like air or gravity, always present, always

1:20.7

pulling.

1:22.0

Just because we aren't actively, quote, unquote, in love doesn't mean love isn't there.

1:28.8

Can I just repeat that because I think so many feel like because they're not in love that

1:33.0

the love is lost or gone?

1:34.3

Just because we aren't actively in love doesn't mean that love isn't there.

1:40.7

It's an ever-present force, always attracting, always healing.

1:49.6

This is the greatest misunderstanding about love.

1:53.1

It finds us not just to thrill us, but to heal us, right?

2:00.3

And this is why love is greater than its parts, because here's

2:06.0

the catch. It's messy, it's complicated, and often uncomfortable. And I'm reminding you of this

2:13.7

because most of us, as we've been programmed to see love is exciting and filled with

2:23.0

dopamine and dreamy. And love is the thing that we skip work for, cut class for, hide under

2:32.3

the bleachers for, I don't know, depending on where you went to high school.

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