Comfortable Cage: 3 Reasons You're Staying in That Dead End Relationship

“I” Of The Hurricane · Sep 1, 2026 · 13m · transcript

There's a certain kind of quiet knowing that settles in long before we're ready to act on it — this episode sits in that space. Drawing from 18 years of marriage and the divorce that followed, this conversation gently unpacks the "comfortable cages" so many of us build without realizing it: the ones we decorate, get used to, and eventually mistake for home. It's an honest, reflective look at why we stay in relationships that have quietly stopped serving us — and the three reasons that tend to keep us there.

Chapters

0:00 — Introduction

0:14 — My Marriage Story

1:49 — The Comfortable Cage

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