Episode 4 | Why Pretend Feel Bad

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In this episode we talk about why we go around pretending we're not doing okay? Is it because we're looking for sympathy? Do we want others to feel bad for us? Or are we doing it as an act of survival?These are the important questions we discuss.Chapters1:30 Deep Eye Contact10:50 Standing Ovations23:35 State of the World25:15 Empaths30:25 Social Currency31:10 Online Behavior35:30 Bringing Up Bad News36:39 When Was It Last Okay To Be Okay40:20 Some People in Death Spiral43:10 Nepo-Babies51:23 Billionaires01:02:17 Okay or Not Okay?

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