The Drama of It All Podcast

Whenever we are conversing with others we're coming from a standpoint of our inner child (C), adult self (A), or in a form of a parent (P). In a perfect world, we'd be interacting as “adult” with other “adults” or in a kindly parental way with children (or even someone who is feeling vulnerable like a child at the moment). It's also okay to have fun like a child with another adult (going dancing or playing a game together).Each mental state has pros and cons. It's okay to be like a loving parent to

Miswanting MarriageMany people feel like getting married would solve their loneliness problems. They may even think it will solve their financial situation. They feel as if they’re missing something. They predict that marriage will fill that hole inside of them. Wanting something is simply a prediction that you will feel better when you have it. The problem is that we are terrible predictors. Furthermore, if we don’t change our internal thought patterns, getting what we “want” won’t actually solve

MAGA stands for Make America Great Again. Obviously, concerning the drama triangle, the left views Trump as a “persecutor.” Not surprisingly, people who don’t like Trump decided on the meaning of this slogan for him. We used to give people the benefit of the doubt or ask specifically, “What do you mean by that?” We used to care about finding out what other people meant. Now, people ascribe the worst-possible meaning to anything a “persecutor” says. They See Trump As RacistBecause they view him as a