Aaron Machbitz
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17,294 appearances
108 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard yesterday
Aaron Machbitz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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The language of trauma, toxic, narcissist, boundaries, protecting my peace, has become so mainstream that it's showing up in relationships that are just normal level difficult, not abusive.
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Very clear on that.
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Not abusive, just difficult.
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Every long-term relationship you have is going to be difficult at times.
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And if we always abandon ship, we're never going to be able to really get the beautiful juice out of connecting deeply with someone, right?
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A mom's who a mom who's potentially overbearing is not abusive.
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A friend who said something clumsy is not cruel.
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A sibling who has different values than you should not be just thrown out, right?
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It's like happens so often in this culture, and we have to be able to hold different truths.
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And so some critics will argue personal development culture has actually given people a permission slip to avoid the actually hard skill.
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Which isn't cutting someone off.
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It's staying in the room and having the uncomfortable conversation.
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Cov cutting someone off in some cases is actually easier than the confrontation.
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It requires zero vulnerability, zero risk of of being told you're wrong, zero risk of the other person actually changing your mind.
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You just
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Leave.
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You just leave and you get to be the narrator of the whole story.
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Hold on, coffee break.
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Cheers, my good friends.
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All right, let's continue.
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