Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2024-03-11
Books mentioned on The Relationship Therapist: "This Statistically Is The Best Age To Get Married So You Don't Get A Divorce!", "Men Should Not Split The Bill", "80% Of Women Want Men Over 6ft When Only 15% Are 6ft!"
Relationships and romance aren't easy, but are you making it harder than it needs to be? Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and a bestselling author, she is also the co-host of the ‘Dear Therapists’ podcast.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Marry Him
Discussed“I think some of them are very much inspired by your first book, um, Marry Him.”
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The Paradox of Choice
The Paradox of Choice by Barry Schwartz is a compelling psychological exploration of how an abundance of modern options can lead to anxiety, decision fatigue, and chronic dissatisfaction.
Discussed“And I talk about this study that Barry Schwartz did. He wrote The Paradox of Choice, and he looked at the difference between maximizers and satisficers.”
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Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb is a candid, insightful exploration of human vulnerability and growth from the perspective of a practicing therapist navigating her own personal crisis alongside her patients.
Discussed“In your book you you say something in your new book maybe you should talk to someone.”
Other mentions in this episode (6) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Marry Him
“So, in in my book Marry Him, I I wrote a whole book about this because I was looking at how do we date today? And what are the expectations that we have? And, you know, the the publisher called it Marry Him, The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough.”
Own book Marry Him
“So it's interesting because there's a study in Marry Him where it was a longitudinal study, and it followed people from the time that they met their partner, like that first date, all the way through.”
Own book Marry Him
“I mean, I think that when you when when you look at the surveys in Marry Him, women do tend to be maximizers more than men.”
Own book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
“But, also I I write about in Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, one of the patients that I write about is this young woman uh who I call Charlotte in the book. And Charlotte is somebody who is in her 20s”
Own book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
“And And so, this is why I talk about it so much in Maybe You Should Talk to Someone because it's not just that you lost the present with that person. It's that you lost the future that you had created in your mind.”
Own book Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
“There are so many things that I would I would like to do but I think that if you read maybe you should talk to someone you'll see that what I did was I made sure that I'm already doing the things that I want to do now instead of putting them off for later.”