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IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Daniel Epstein

61 episodes

3 months ago

If you’re like us, you didn’t grow up in an emotionally honest home. Because of this, having healthy relationships as adults has sometimes felt impossible. On this podcast, be a fly on the wall as we, Dan and Justin (a real life couple), learn how to love each other and ourselves unconditionally. Often it’s messy: we overthink, try to control each other, and fall into old patterns. But each time we work through it, something happens on the other side— more closeness, deepening, humor, and a new understanding of the word “love”.

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If you’re like us, you didn’t grow up in an emotionally honest home. Because of this, having healthy relationships as adults has sometimes felt impossible. On this podcast, be a fly on the wall as we, Dan and Justin (a real life couple), learn how to love each other and ourselves unconditionally. Often it’s messy: we overthink, try to control each other, and fall into old patterns. But each time we work through it, something happens on the other side— more closeness, deepening, humor, and a new understanding of the word “love”.

Insta: @iimbsb

Email: ifimaypodcast@gmail.com

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episodes (20/61)

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Raise Your Hand If You Feel Like A Scared Little Baby

Season 4 Finale! Dan talks through the shame and insecurity that has been coming up for him. Then the couple explores an uncomfortable dynamic that came up at the LA Sparks game earlier this week.

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3 months ago

30 minutes 35 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Gentleness is Disgusting

Dan and Justin wonder why men are turned off by CHATGPT being too sweet and nice to them. Then they explore the idea of softening in like and in relationship.

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4 months ago

32 minutes 7 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

RESCUE ME FROM MY PITIFUL STUPID EXISTENCE

Justin shares about feeling closed off and unloving this week. Then the couple processes a recurring fake interaction they've been having.

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4 months ago

23 minutes 26 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Have We Learned How To Fight Yet?

Dan and Justin do some role-play around a dynamic that happens between them that Justin doesn't like.

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5 months ago

33 minutes 36 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Being Hot Keeps The Grief At Bay

Dan talks about his past judgments towards men being outwardly loving. Then Justin explores her relationship to her looks past and present.

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5 months ago

37 minutes 49 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

I’ve Never Been there? Probably Doesn’t Exist

Justin asks Dan to articulate what coming out of denial feels like. Then Justin recounts how Dan’s recovery used to spin her out.

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5 months ago

34 minutes 49 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

When It’s Me It’s Lame

Justin and Dan discuss an ugly dynamic that used to come up for them and speculate on why it's different now. Then Justin talks about feelings that have been coming up around the lineage of “victimhood” for women in her family, and her resistance to looking back on he twenties.

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6 months ago

29 minutes 51 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

It'll Suck and I’m Gonna Hate It The Whole Time

Dan describes how he broke through an emotional barrier with some help from ChatGPT. Then the couple shares a major announcement before we hear them work through a fight in real time.

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6 months ago

22 minutes 18 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Scrambling The Sacred

Dan and Justin talk about their relationship to being funny and how it's changing.

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6 months ago

28 minutes 26 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

We Have To Get Back To The Dogs

Dan talks to Justin about the struggle he's had making contact with his inner child. They then explore the burden of feeling like it's your job to make the conversation fun, and the trap of filling up your life with responsibilities in order to feel safe.

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7 months ago

24 minutes 18 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Trust Me I KNOW I'm a Piece of Sh*t

Dan and Justin talk about the rabbit hole of healing and recovery work and the fear of sounding like you’ve been brainwashed to some people.

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7 months ago

40 minutes 17 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

He Died This Excruciating Death for Me (A Piece of Sh*t)

Dan describes his torturous and confusing process of deciding to put Rickey the dog down. Then Justin and Dan talk about having a relationship with a higher power and how it stands in contrast to their childhood experiences with religion

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7 months ago

35 minutes 23 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Do You Love The Hater In Me?

Justin and Dan talk about the New York Times article about a woman who’s in an intimate relationship with CHATGPT. Then they recount a charged experience they had this week on a zoom call with a tantra teacher.

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8 months ago

34 minutes 7 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

An Unstoppable Force Meets An Immovable Object

Dan tells Justin about a narrative he's been having in his head in which she's miserable right now. Then they discuss their respective relationships to spontaneity before kind of gettin into a fight right at the end of the episode!

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8 months ago

33 minutes 10 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

The Funniest Boy In The Group Chat

Dan and Justin discuss why they were so moved by a recent rewatch of the 2001 movie "A Beautiful Mind." Then they explore the pitfall of getting stuck in a "role self" and how it can doom an intimate partnership which leads them into reflecting back on periods of major doubt in their own relationship.

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9 months ago

33 minutes 29 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

My Breath Catches and I Supress a Sob

Dan and Justin discuss if either or both of them are good in a crisis and then talk through a recurring negative cycle they used to often suffer through and why it's different now. We then hear about Dan's "cool" morning ritual and the song Justin has been singing to her inner child.

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9 months ago

27 minutes 31 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Don't Ruin My Special Bath Time

Justin and Dan break down a pattern of fighting that has been happening since they returned from New York. Justin lashes out, Dan recoils, everyone loses.

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9 months ago

24 minutes 9 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Throwing Up in Public

Hi! Today Justin and Dan listen to a voice memo of a real fight reconciliation of theirs and reflect back on what went down. They also revisit an uncomfortable confrontation from nearly five years ago when they had first started dating. Justin then shares her huge vomiting in public win and they recap their wildly connecting New Years Eve night out and how it shed light on past struggles.

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10 months ago

40 minutes 15 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Are We Doing Good Or Are We Doing Bad?

Dan and Justin lost their close friend a few weeks ago and talk about what's been coming up around his death. Then they discuss why getting covid (and the state of their relationship) this year feels SO different than last year before rating how much they like each other and name what's been "saving their marriage."

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10 months ago

27 minutes 27 seconds

IF I MAY BE SO BOLD

Who taught YOU how to fight? What happens when we desperately cling to good feelings?

Justin and Dan break down why they've struggled to have conflict in past relationships. They also talk subtle abandonment, sneaky denial, and the freedom available when you move away from codependency.

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11 months ago

28 minutes 49 seconds