How to Drop Happily Ever After and Do Relationships Better! – John Kim, LMFT : 1077

<p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE </strong>you’ll learn how to recognize your own sh*t and be a better partner in relationships.&nbsp;</p><p>Want a sustainable partnership? Communicate and apologize; fight without fighting; identify codependent behavior (your own); and manage jealousy (also your own).&nbsp;</p><p>This conversation gets into how you can let go of unrealistic ideals of how you think love and relationships should be and live fully in the present. You’ll also get tips on how to be emotionally responsible to people you love every day.</p><p>Guest John Kim, a licensed marriage and family therapist, as well as a life coach, cracks his life into two big pieces… split on either side of what he calls “the great divide” of his own divorce several years ago. He did the whole “get a tattoo and a Harley” thing to find his way.</p><p>He also combined what he learned in therapy school with life coaching and technology to be mobile and create online communities. He became known as an unconventional therapist, seeing clients at coffee shops, on hikes, or in a CrossFit box.&nbsp;He’s built a devoted following of fans who love the frank and authentic insights that he—as “The Angry Therapist”—freely shares on social media. TikTok’s his jam, with over 450K people tuning in for his “shot glass” bits of life wisdom.</p><p>In his book, written with his romantic partner and fellow therapist&nbsp;<a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/278/6qfn6hmz5awzm66abw8l1r5nx/1/4b51a043e4ec89c1fd160eab7a7f596ac0a5c30cf3c131851c4638343eb79d0a" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vanessa Bennett</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;John takes a different (honest, humorous, raw) approach by dissecting his own relationship dynamic to bring clarity to yours. Each part of “<a href="https://t.nylas.com/t1/278/6qfn6hmz5awzm66abw8l1r5nx/2/50729065691cf92132cc4ddbb1f8f23145c003fb05003dce7a411534386b4acf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">IT’S NOT ME, IT’S YOU: Break the Blame Cycle, Relationship Better</a>” gives you questions to ask y