How do you get your say in a relationship? We discuss in the podcast "Who would say"
Miscellaneous / / April 02, 2023
Adults in a couple should talk on an equal footing.
In each episode of the second season of the Who Would Talk podcast, hosts Mikhail Volnykh and Daria Bakina read out real stories and questions from the audience about what worries them, and together with experts they discuss how to overcome difficulties and get out of the current situations.
A question for the last episode of this season was asked by a reader of the telegram channel “Bed rest». Answering it, psychologist Elena Kotova will tell you why and why someone alone in a pair consciously solves all issues for two independently and what to do if the partner refuses to make joint decisions, shifting responsibility to another person. Bonus: Misha will sing a mantra that helps you not to worry.
01:29 - Mikhail reads the letter of the listener with undisguised delight, and then, together with Dasha and Lena, talks about his attitude to the theme of the issue.
03:57 - what is the significance gender roles in relationships and whether it is necessary to follow conservative canons and principles.
05:57 - why one partner in a pair consciously seizes the initiative and takes upon himself the solution of all problems.
09:13 - Can a family therapist save a couple with an unbalanced division of duties.
10:22 - whether such interception of the initiative indicates disrespect.
14:04 — Dasha talks about an interesting article, which I read on Lifehacker.
15:37 - whether shifting or intercepting responsibility will lead to a long and happy life together.
17:26 - why people are willing to stay in relationships in which they are uncomfortable.
19:18 - a musical number performed by Mikhail.
If something is bothering you, you do not know what to do, and you cannot cope with the problem on your own, send your stories to telegram bot Lifehacker podcasts - we will look for a solution together.
More interesting topics - in previous issues «Look who's Talking». Subscribe to the podcast and listen to it wherever it is convenient: Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, YouTube, «Yandex Music», «In contact with», «Sound», cast box And sound stream.
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