Hard Things to Bring Up in Therapy | Boundaries, Breakups & Boredom
In this episode, John answers listener questions about breakups, emotional cheating, boredom in relationships, scarcity mindset, defensiveness, and what it really means to compromise without abandonin...
12 Feb 19min
The Stages of Love (From Fantasy to Real Connection)
Love doesn’t disappear - it changes. In this episode, John Kim explores the stages of love, from early fantasy to real connection. If you’ve ever questioned the spark, the shift, or the “middle” of a...
11 Feb 19min
What Changes After 40: Love, Selfhood, and What Matters
John sits down in Costa Rica (yes, literally in a golf cart) with two therapists — Vanessa Bennett and Madeleine Downey — for a “therapists are humans too” episode built around questions you’d ask in ...
9 Feb 34min
You’re Not Losing Desire - You’re Rewiring It
Many people reach a confusing moment in their healing journey: they start dating healthier partners… and suddenly desire feels flat. Calm feels boring. Chemistry disappears. In this solo episode, Joh...
4 Feb 19min
Relearning How to Feel Joy
What if the hardest part of healing isn’t pain — but joy? John Kim talks with Dr. MC McDonald about grief, intimacy, self-trust, and the quiet ways we hide when connection feels unsafe. MC shares why...
2 Feb 39min
HARD THINGS TO BRING UP IN THERAPY | Dating, Distance & Letting Go
Some of the hardest questions we bring into therapy aren’t about what happened — they’re about why it hit so deeply. In this episode, we explore the quiet, uncomfortable moments many people struggle ...
29 Jan 20min
A Small Surf Moment With a Big Relationship Lesson
In this episode, John Kim shares a simple moment from the ocean that became a powerful lesson about relationships and emotional repair. While learning to surf in Costa Rica, two very different encoun...
28 Jan 24min
Why You'll Never "Figure Life Out" (And Why That's Good News)
What if the problem isn’t that you haven’t found your purpose — but that you’re trying to find something that was never meant to be found? In this episode, John sits down with Bill Burnett and Dave E...
26 Jan 42min
