the preston rack show

00:00 - intro & moving on from someone you loved 02:24 - can you accept it for what it was, not what it could have been? 04:32 - what would it be like if you were still together? 06:31 - is it possible to have the right person at the wrong time? 08:51 - becoming who you want to be so you can be with who you want to be with 09:44 - loving their inner child 11:44 - accepting someone for who they are 13:40 - can you be over them and still think about them? 15:08 - can you be with someone new before you're over your ex? 17:20 - visiting the archives 18:51 - it's good to be sad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A man who was ready to resent his wife over 30 minutes of sleep explains how one more episode on the couch rewired his entire relationship, why he and his wife schedule a quarterly check-in, and whether he'd keep the ways he's changed if they ever broke up. After five years together, the habits he's picked up don't feel like compromises. They feel like her fingerprints, and he has no plans to wash them off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What does it actually mean to feel safe with someone? Today Peter joins us go through 10 questions, from stupid nicknames and inside jokes to whether you can be boring, messy, or fully weird around your partner, and find that safety isn't about compatibility checklists. It's about whether you get to be yourself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A woman who spent four years shrinking what she asked for explains how the smallest possible request became the thing her relationship couldn't survive, why a to-do list told her more than any conversation did, and what it took for her to stop believing she was too much. The problem was never how much she wanted, it was who she was asking. Song: Ethereal Composer: Punch Deck Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3M9CX5HWSw25k5QL3FkDEA License: Creative Commons (BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A woman who could name exactly what she was feeling in the moment she felt it explains how one comment at a friend's dinner party exposed the version of herself she'd been performing for four months, why four years in a relationship where honesty felt safe left her with no idea how to tell a friend she was hurt, and how a gold bracelet chosen over hours of back-and-forth texting showed her what a year of not hiding had quietly built. The tiramisu she brought to seem effortless, the $1,000 Versace heels she couldn't stay quiet about, the walk to the ER alone with the swelling climbing past her ankle. "I've never met someone who can articulate their emotions like that," one of them told her. The question was never whether the conflict would cost her the friendship. It was whether the friendship was ever real without it. Song: Ethereal Composer: Punch Deck Website: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3M9CX5HWSw25k5QL3FkDEA License: Creative Commons (BY 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Music powered by BreakingCopyright: https://breakingcopyright.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices