You Are An Unreliable Narrator And So Is Everyone Else... Or, How To Become 100x Wiser In One Minute

The Dr. Psych Mom Show with clinical psychologist Dr. Samantha Rodman Whiten · Dec 26, 2025 · 18m

Today's episode discusses how to become 100 times wiser in a minute: Whenever you hear any relationship story from one side, assume if the partner told you their perspective you'd agree that the other one was terrible! Listen, I also used to think that everyone was a reliable narrator even through the initial years of being a therapist. The reality is that people unintentionally tell only their side. This isn't intentional lying. It doesn't even occur to them there is another lens, they cherry pick data point to confirm their worldview internally and then express it. Understanding this alone…