Curiosity Over Questioning

Relationship Advice

Colter Bloxom

Society & Culture, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Relationships, Sexuality

4.2 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

What’s the difference between curiosity and questioning in relationships? Learn about the importance of approaching emotional challenges with openness rather than interrogation. Colter, Cayla, and Lauren share their personal journey into couples therapy, attachment theory, and the development of resources to help individuals heal from anxious attachment. In this episode, they talk about topics such as: Difference in Curiosity and Questioning Impact of Questioning How to Lead w/ Curiosity Communicating Emotional Need Effectively Developing Healthier Responses to Triggers and more! Give Me Discounts! Amazfit - Visit www.amazfit.com/IDO to get 10% off Spark My Relationship Course: Get $100 off our online course. Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Colter, Cayla, & Lauren Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.7	I've got a question for you. It's just a question, so don't get defensive or anything.
0:35.3	Why do you make everything so difficult? And like I said,
0:39.2	it's just a question. I'm coming in here, not knowing the answer to that, asking questions
0:44.3	is good in relationships, right? Now, a therapist, I mean a really good therapist, not someone
0:49.2	like myself, might point out that this actually isn't even a question.
0:57.5	And I could respond by saying, well, there's a question mark.
0:59.2	It's in the interrogative.
1:02.7	I think it meets all of the requirements of being considered a question in the human language, or at least the English language.
1:06.1	But if you think about it, it's really not.
1:09.0	It's a statement that is disguised as a question. I'm basically just saying,
1:13.0	you make everything so difficult. But oh, wait, remember, no getting defensive because I started
1:20.4	my statement with the magic word of why, which makes it a question. So let's pull this apart. Maybe it's not the difference between questions
1:31.1	and statements. What if the key to improving your arguments was understanding the difference between
1:35.9	questioning and curiosity? And what is the difference? Is this like a squares and rectangles thing?
1:41.9	You know, all squares are rectangle, but not all rectangles
1:44.7	are squares, or is it a triangle and circle thing where they really aren't that similar at all?
1:50.0	Well, nobody knows. Until now, after you listen to this episode.
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