Winning Isn't Everything: Lessons from Therapy Sessions

In this solo episode of 'Don't Cut Your Own Bangs,' Danielle Ireland dives into key lessons from her recent therapy sessions, emphasizing the importance of relationships. She explores how the drive to 'win' an argument often results in everyone losing, the power of genuine apologies over hollow ones, and the significance of understanding rather than feigned confusion. Danielle also shares personal insights and practical steps to navigate relationship conflicts with compassion and kindness, while promoting her journaling tool, 'Treasured,' aimed at deepening personal growth and self-awareness.

 

00:00 Introduction and Purpose of the Solo Cast

01:47 Lessons from Therapy Sessions: Relationship Edition

03:03 Winning or Losing in Arguments

08:30 The Power of Pausing and Reflecting

14:23 Hollow Apologies and True Acknowledgment

18:02 Understanding and the Desire to Change

23:07 Final Thoughts and Encouragement

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DANIELLE IRELAND, LCSW

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Transcript

Winning Isn't Everything: Lessons from Therapy Sessions

[00:00:00] Hello. Hello, this is Danielle Ireland and you are listening to Don't Cut Your Own Bangs Today. I am coming at you with a solo cast. These are so fun for me for many reasons. it's like a living, breathing journal where I can process things that are happening in my life or things that I've learned with clients and therapy sessions or just new aha things or whatever's really exciting for me.

[00:00:28] I get an opportunity to put those in a place. I have been having some really juicy, juicy therapy sessions with clients over the last couple weeks, and what I've started to do, There are moments when I'm in a sess