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S3E4: You’re Not Bad at Communication. You’re Tolerating Too Much: When Talking Doesn’t Fix the Problem

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Dateable()AF by Rachel Howell & Dr. Sarah Kyle

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S3E4: You’re Not Bad at Communication. You’re Tolerating Too Much: When Talking Doesn’t Fix the Problem

Have you ever thought, “I’ve explained this so many times. Why doesn’t anything change?”

In this episode of Dateable AF, we talk about one of the most exhausting relationship experiences: doing all the emotional work, communicating clearly, staying calm, using “I” statements, and still feeling stuck in the same cycle.

This is not an anti-communication episode. Communication matters. But sometimes communication is not the problem. Sometimes the problem is that nothing changes, no matter how clearly you speak.

We start by unpacking the myth that if you could just say it the right way, things would finally improve. Modern relationship culture often tells us to  ... 

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