Reluctant Optimist EP 5: Relationships: The Sad Reality of Power Struggles and Transcending and the Truth About Desire.

Episode five is about the strange, ugly little power struggle hiding inside most human relationships. Why does kindness so often get mistaken for weakness? Why do people chase what’s absent and take for granted what’s actually there? This one is about status, loyalty, desire, the seesaw most people keep pretending isn’t there, and the rare kind of connection that lets you stop playing the game.