Pain Demands to Be Felt: Movies Show Us To Keep Choosing Each Other

What if the relationships we're avoiding conflict in are the very ones we should keep? In this episode of MOVIES HAVE THE ANSWERS, Trish sits down with dear friend and fellow entertainment exec, Marina, to explore how pain and conflict are okay - and sometimes, necessary - when it comes to love.Trish and Marina Kosten dive into films that don't shy away from love's messiest moments. From the raw vulnerability in Untamed Heart to the explosive fights in The Notebook, the friendship fractures in Steel Magnolias, family tensions in Big Daddy, the brutal honesty of The Breakup, and the heartbreaking love story in The Fault in Our Stars (a film Marina actually worked on) - these stories show us that the relationships worth having are the ones worth fighting for.As psychotherapist Matthias J Barker said, "Conflict dealt with correctly breeds intimacy and the good relationship you long for is in the conflict you're avoiding." Through cinema's lens, we discover why we shouldn't run from the hard conversations and instead embrace them.