{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"ep 142 \/ Judgment, Vulnerability, and the Stories We Tell About Each Other","description":" How quickly do you turn someone into a one-dimensional version of themselves? In this deeply personal episode of Relationship Dish, Pam and Iona unpack a real interaction between the two of them\u2014one where judgment, assumptions, and anxiety quietly shaped the way they saw each other, until vulnerability changed everything. They explore why we often flatten people into simple stories when mixed feelings feel too uncomfortable, and why learning to hold contradictory emotions\u2014love and anger, closeness and disappointment\u2014is essential for healthy relationships. Pam and Iona discuss how easily we can begin assigning the least generous interpretation to someone\u2019s behavior, how anxiety often disguises feelings we\u2019re afraid to express, and why vulnerability may be much simpler than we think. Sometimes, it\u2019s just naming the feeling. Along the way, Pam opens up about how these patterns played out in her marriage, uncovering\u2014in real time\u2014the complicated mix of sadness, love, resentment, and grief that still exists. Real intimacy begins when we stop telling stories about people\u2014and start telling the truth to them. ","author_name":"Relationship Dish","author_url":"http:\/\/relationshipdish.com\/","html":"