Come Here To Me: Relationship Experts Walk the Talk
Figs O'Sullivan, Teale O'Sullivan
42 episodes
2 weeks ago
Spouses and psychotherapists Figs and Teale offer relationship advice, wit, and vulnerability with a look into real couples therapy sessions—their own.
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Spouses and psychotherapists Figs and Teale offer relationship advice, wit, and vulnerability with a look into real couples therapy sessions—their own.
What makes things better is connection. This week, Figs shares a short training on the "connection conversation" couples need BEFORE they get into problem-solving for prenups, moving, careers, or any other topic.
Are partners born wicked, or do they have wickedness thrust upon them? From The Bachelor to the state of politics, "bad guys" are a recipe for disconnection — but not in the way you'd expect...
Is it self-protection or self-destruction? Figs explains how to salvage a date gone wrong using a funny/powerful viral clip of reality TV star Tiffany Pollard.
Are your concerns usually met with defensiveness? You might be stuck in a feedback loop… Figs explains why constructive criticism is so difficult, and what to do about it.
"Codependent" or… human? Figs and producer Steph discuss the over-pathologizing of attachment wounding in relationships and explore a better way to heal.
Producer Steph joins as the "Voice of the internet" to ask Figs one of its most-searched questions… How do you repair a relationship that has become "toxic"?
Couples Therapy Works: What happens when you don't get love? Figs and Karen break down a scene from Succession and its thematic ties to the "Sigma male" movement.
Couples Therapy Works: Healthy couples work as a team against The Cycle… but how do they know they're in it? Figs and Karen break down the signs of and steps in the negative infinity loop that traps all couples.
Relationship Experts Walk the Talk: It's Figs' turn in the hot seat, digging into a "You're inconsiderate" judgment of Teale to discover a deeper negative view of himself—"I'm not good enough."
Couples Therapy Works: From years-long affairs to smaller breaks in trust, Karen and Figs explain how they are able to bring couples back from the brink after betrayal.
Come Here To Me: Relationship Experts Walk the Talk
Spouses and psychotherapists Figs and Teale offer relationship advice, wit, and vulnerability with a look into real couples therapy sessions—their own.
