Kat & Steve - Pretending to like pizza

About this episode

Kat and Steve discuss the early dynamics of their relationship and the importance of authenticity.

In this episode, Steve and I revisit a story from my book that says a lot about how many of us enter relationships in the beginning: a little bit false. When we first got together, Steve was a pizza-eating machine. Every time I went to his place, pizza was ordered. I didn’t even want pizza. But I went along with it. I wanted to be easy. Agreeable. Low maintenance. Cool. Inside, I knew what I actually wanted but I didn’t say it. That small moment became a much bigger realisation: if I’m being ...

People in this episode

Hosts: Kat, Steve

Topics covered

• relationships
• authenticity
• self-discovery

Keywords

• pizza
• low maintenance
• agreeable

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