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When Talking About Our Relationship Makes It Worse

When Talking About Our Relationship Makes It Worse

Update: 2025-06-19
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Can talking about your problems or attending coaching or therapy make things worse? Ellen and Jayson break it down. Addressing an injury can be painful, and learning to accept temporary discomfort is often vital for growth. So what’s going wrong when talking actually makes things worse? Are your problems stemming from practitioner error? Stay tuned until the end to hear Jayson’s important reminder.

Timestamps:

  • 2:04 - What going wrong with talking makes things worse?
  • 4:28 - Practitioner error
  • 7:40 - How talking about it can make it worse
  • 13:27 - Addressing an injury can be painful
  • 22:08 - Accepting temporary discomfort
  • 30:29 - Jayson’s important reminder


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When Talking About Our Relationship Makes It Worse

When Talking About Our Relationship Makes It Worse

Ellen Boeder and Jayson Gaddis