🎙️ MEN SEEKING CALM
🧠 Episode: The Control Fallacy — When You're Either the Puppet or the Puppet Master
👤 Hosted by Greg Martin | http://walkthemountain.com/
EPISODE SUMMARY Welcome back to the MEN SEEKING CALM podcast. In today’s episode, Greg explores the Control Fallacy — a sneaky trap that convinces men they either have total control over everything in their relationship, or absolutely none at all. Sound familiar?
Whether you're walking on eggshells trying to keep your partner happy, or blaming her for every emotional ripple in your life, you might be caught in this mental tug-of-war.
Greg unpacks how this faulty thinking leads to emotional burnout, resentment, passive aggression, or even collapse — and most importantly, how to step out of it with curiosity, shared power, and better emotional boundaries.
IN THIS EPISODE: ✅ What is the Control Fallacy? ✅ Why some men feel overly responsible for their partner’s moods ✅ How blame, guilt, and control feed the fallacy ✅ The emotional cost of being “too in control” or “not in control at all” ✅ A humorous and practical antidote to regain your center ✅ 5 specific mindset shifts to escape the trap
QUOTES TO REMEMBER: 🧩 “You’re not powerless. You’re not all-powerful. You’re just human — gloriously imperfect.” 🧩 “You can influence — but you don’t control the weather in someone else’s head.” 🧩 “Drop the cape, hero. Sometimes the best thing you can do is just listen and let it be.”
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