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Brendan O'Connor

👤 Speaker
5464 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Really?

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

They're not.

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

That's not them.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Yeah.

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

That's not what I'm talking about at all.

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

I'm talking about how you how you allow people to know you in a way that respects yourself and the people around you.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Are they a bit different with you yet?

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Yeah?

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

And therefore you live a far healthier life because when you don't have that, it's a bit chaotic.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Are you noticing that?

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Okay.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

And it's not upsetting?

Brendan O'Connor
Richard Hogan: “Too many feel their boundaries should never be breached”

No, it's a terrible place to be.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

Yeah.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

I won't use the word sprightly, but you do seem like, you know, there may be any old person who's not like hobbling around and say, you're there sprightly.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

You're certainly sprightly.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

We were at my nephew's wedding a few years ago and all the young people were being really lovely to our table.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

And we were like, these are such lovely young people.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

All their friends and everything were so solicitous to us.

Brendan O'Connor
Author, Elizabeth Strout: “A marriage can be a lonely place”

And it slowly dawned on us what was going on.