Why do we feel the need to make difficult experiences sound better than they actually are?

In this episode of Beyond Our Stories, we sit down with Livi North, creator and host of Unfuck Your Coparenting, and talk about what happens when you stop sugarcoating the things you've been through and start naming them for what they are.

Livi shares why she deliberately chose such an unapologetic name for her work, why cussing can sometimes express what polite language simply can't, and why difficult experiences don't always need to be made more comfortable for other people.
But our conversation goes much further.

What happens after you finally choose yourself and leave a relationship that has changed you?
What if leaving doesn't actually mean the difficult part is over?
And what do you gain by going through the most difficult parts of it all?

The conversation was inspired by I Love You My Narcissist, and Livi also shares her reaction to the movie and what she recognized in Emily's gradual transformation. The movie becomes the starting point for a bigger conversation about something stories don't always show us: what happens after someone leaves?

If you'd like to experience the movie that started this conversation, I Love You My Narcissist is available on AlefCine Stream at www.ac-stream.com.

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