The Empath & The Avoidant. Ep.3. Death By A Thousand Cuts
From Inside The Consulting Room - Understanding the Child Behind the Behaviour by Kim Lee
June 9, 2026 · 12 min
About this episode
The episode explores the subtle dynamics between empaths and avoidants in relationships, focusing on the small, unaddressed moments that lead to emotional disconnection.
Send us Fan Mail A relationship can look perfectly fine on the outside while quietly collapsing on the inside. We dig into the empath and avoidant dynamic that ends not with betrayal or a blowout fight, but with hundreds of tiny moments that never get repaired: a need dismissed, a vulnerable truth met with silence, a promise that fades, a bid for connection that lands nowhere. We talk through why people crave a single clear reason for a breakup, and why that clarity often doesn’t exist in av...
People in this episode
Host: Kim Lee
Topics covered
- empath
- avoidant
- relationship dynamics
- breakup
- communication
- emotional health
Keywords
- empath
- avoidant
- relationship
- breakup
- communication
- emotional health
- dynamics
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