Why Do People Cheat? w/ Licensed Therapist Kier Gaines

About this episode

I've been cheated on in nearly every relationship I've ever had...so I asked a licensed therapist the question I can't stop thinking about: why do people do it? Kier Gaines breaks down what's really going on in a cheater's brain (spaghetti and a dirty chicken wing are involved), then we get into over-functioning and why so many of us work ourselves into the ground. xoxo, Olivia Timestamps 00:04-02:25 Olivia's cheating hot take 02:26-04:10 Why do people cheat? 04:11-05:33 What's going on in a cheater's brain? 05:34-06:44 Would you stay? 06:45-07:42 A reason, not an excuse 07:43-08:49 Trust & miscommunication 08:50-10:19 What is overfunctioning? 10:20-12:18 When work bleeds into everything…