111: Why Avoidants Push Away What They Want Most With Mark Manson
The Sabrina Zohar Show
The Sabrina Zohar Show
4.9 • 4.8K Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2024
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Diving into Mark’s own avoidant tendencies, he and Sabrina explain how avoidance often stems from fear rather than lack of care or feelings. Mark highlights the significance of allowing space in relationships and how his wife’s patience helped him transition from avoidant to secure attachment. For anxious partners, they stress the need to become comfortable with an avoidant partner’s need for space, noting that healing happens through gradual trust-building.
Sabrina and Mark agree that understanding different standards and managing expectations are crucial for relationship success. Mark also touches on societal pressures, self-improvement, and the importance of addressing negative self-talk through journaling and mindfulness. Ultimately, they emphasize that thriving in life and love is about embracing challenges and fostering meaningful connections through honesty and self-awareness.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to another episode of the Sabrina Zohar Show. My name is Sabrina |
| 0:07.1 | Zohar and I am your host. Guys, today we have such a special guest. We have Mark Manson here. |
| 0:13.0 | Mark is fucking awesome. Like when I started my journey, I had been following Mark. So it was truly |
| 0:18.0 | just magical to be able to sit with him and we did a pod swap. So you can hear me on his show too, the subtle art of not giving a fuck. But today, you know, it's funny. When Mark came on, at first I had this all topic I was going to hit and he said one thing was, you know, I used to be a male dating coach. And that just took this episode into one of the best directions I ever could have asked for. and we really debunk all things avoidant from a |
| 0:37.8 | former avoidant man. So I came right from the horse's mouth, y'all, and I'm really, really excited. |
| 0:43.1 | So, guys, as always, if you need anything, link in show notes, you can join one of the courses, |
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| 1:14.2 | guys. Thank you, thank you. Thank you. And babes, without further ado, let's get right on into it, |
| 1:18.8 | shall we? |
| 1:33.2 | Mark. What? Mark, welcome to the Sabrina Zohar Show. |
| 1:34.3 | It's good to be here. |
| 1:35.5 | I'm so excited. |
| 1:36.7 | There's a lot of pink in the room. |
| 1:39.5 | Well, for anyone who doesn't know, we're at Mark's studio. |
| 1:42.3 | And it's now the Sabrina Zohar show. |
| 1:43.8 | So I'm super excited. It's a takeover, yeah. |
| 1:44.6 | Fuck yeah. |
| 1:45.7 | Mark, if you could, I've been a fan of yours for a long time. |
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