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SHOW DESCRIPTION: In this podcast I talk to N.Y. Times bestselling author, podcast host and psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb about her new book, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, the power of agency, how to let go of the narratives of the past, therapy as a process of self-understanding, and so much more!

Read the show blog here: https://drleaf.com/blogs/news/identifying-breaking-free-from-the-jails-we-create-for-ourselves-the-one-question-most-people-struggle-with-in-life-with-lori-gottlieb

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PODCAST HIGHLIGHTS:

4:40, 24:11 Why Lori wrote Maybe You Should Talk to Someone

7:45 Happiness is a byproduct, not an end goal

9:20 The difference between counseling & therapy

13:33 How therapy helps us discover the truths in ourselves—our knowing

14:30 How we change in relation to other people

18:35 The epidemic of loneliness

19:20 What is vulnerability?

23:00 The one question we all ask ourselves

26:15 The power of discovering our own agency

28:50 Why freedom can be scary

31:00 How we can become our own jailors

32:00 Why change is so hard

32:25 The different stages of change

38:00 How some of our relationships can help us back

50:30 Why we need to stop putting men & women in an emotional box