A Bit of Optimism · 2026-07-07 · 54 min · 9,493 words

Why We Fall for the Wrong Person with Couples Therapist Dr. Harville Hendrix

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And this is healthy? It's nature. Nature's trying to finish an agenda. that it didn't get to finish in the parenting period of childhood. Nature's trying to finish that. And it's simple. It's about survival.

I'm trying to think about the people in my life when I was a kid And what did they not meet? Uh And then what am I attracted to now?

Uh sh it works. You're right. Uh. They say that it's better to have loved and lust than never loved at all.

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