You Didn’t Marry the Wrong Person: You’re Just in This Stage
The Angry Therapist Podcast
John Kim
4.6 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2026
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:30.0 | And I used to see people in my practice back in the day where people would come in and they would |
| 0:35.8 | say, God, I married my wife and |
| 0:38.9 | then she turned into a monster. And I would always say my first question back is I would say, |
| 0:44.4 | how early did you get married? And it was always before the power struggle stage ever came about. |
| 0:49.4 | It would be like, oh, yeah, we moved quick. I knew she was the one in six months. We got married |
| 0:54.0 | six months later. |
| 0:54.8 | And it's like, well, you got married in the honeymoon stage. You just hadn't been in the power circle. |
| 0:58.7 | No one was tricking anybody. No one was turning into a monster and just trying to, you know, reel you in first. |
| 1:06.8 | I'm John Kim, a licensed therapist who used to be a miserable fuck before going on a hero's journey |
| 1:11.7 | and turning expired relationships into revelations. I use my story to help others come with you |
| 1:18.0 | instead of at you, unrehearsed on purpose, because self-help doesn't have to be polished |
| 1:23.4 | or complicated. just honest. |
| 1:33.8 | On today's episode, we're going to talk about the stages of a relationship, which I think are really important. |
| 1:35.1 | Today, I have attachment style expert slash bestselling author slash PhD, correct? |
| 1:48.3 | Yeah. Oh, my gosh. I'm impressed. I didn't know that. I mean, |
| 1:52.8 | how come you don't have people calling you Dr. Gibson? I mean, it's a PhD in pastoral counseling. And so I don't care. I would. If I have a PhD, I'd be like, I'm Dr. Kim to you. That's it. |
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