Of all the silly ideas our culture and religious past may have left vestigial in our minds soul mates should be one of the easiest to brush aside right? Of course the reason many of these ideas are so insidious is their ability to convince us that they don’t exist so yes Virginia, there is black and white thinking in relationships. Relationship coach and Everyone’s Autonomous Atheist Marie D’Elephant joins Rudy Bee and I in exploring this deep-seated fiction and finding a spectrum of color in the people we love, plus your calls! Catch the show live at 7p CT February 25th and be sure to check back afterwards for some footNOTES!
Why You Shouldn't Believe in Soul Mates by Dr. Jeremy Nicholson for Psychology Today
3 REASONS BLACK AND WHITE THINKING CAN DAMAGE A RELATIONSHIP by Dr. Kristen Hick from Center for Shared Insight
How Black and White Thinking Hurts You (and What You Can Do to Change It) by Rebecca Joy Stanborough for Healthline
The Price of Admission: Dan Savage on the Myth of “The One” and the Unsettling Secret of Lasting Love by Maria Popova for Brain Pickings
HOW THE GOOD PLACE REDEFINES SOUL MATES by S.E. Fleenor for SyFy Wire
You don't have a soul: The real science that debunks superstitious charlatans by Julien Musolino for Salon
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