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Changing Expectations
Sometimes the life we believed we should be living and the expectation of the person we would become, no longer matches reality. How do we learn to adapt?
How do we learn to adapt when life does not go as we planned? Sometimes the life we believed we should be living and the expectation of the person we would become, no longer matches reality. Max, from Germany, became divorced during the pandemic. Therapist and author Dr Shefali, speaks to him about letting go of the idea of marriage as a ‘happily ever after’ and about how our own ego can stand in the way of personal growth.
Presenter: Sana Safi
Producers: Ruth Edwards and Charlie Taylor
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Mon 14 Mar 202210:32GMT
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