Figs O’Sullivan describes himself as a wounded human being who helps people love each other. He’s the founder behind Empathi, committed to providing individuals and couples with the most effective practices for creating amazing relationships. We talk alligators, bunny rabbits, and other entertaining, on-the-fly metaphors for his process of unpacking conflict down to underlying fears and ultimately the biological need to thrive and feel safe.
“It’s never about the other person. It’s you and it’s about the system you’re co-creating with other human beings in the world.”
– Figs O’Sullivan
SHOW HIGHLIGHTS
- Relationships are literally crazy-making
- Fight, flight, freeze, or…placate
- The 2 fears behind almost every fight
- Rewire through empathic experience
- Post-traumatic relationship growth
FIGS O’SULLIVAN
Fiachra “Figs” O’Sulivan is the Founder and Chief Empathy Officer at Empathi, which provides step-by-step guidance for couples and individuals who care about their relationships. He is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who is certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples and individuals. And he is a passionate entrepreneur, driven to change lives for the better.
Fig strives to interact with clients as a fellow traveler on life’s journey, allowing them to easily dive deeper into their “stuff” with his down-to-earth philosophy. Constantly working on his skills and psychotherapeutic approach, Figs is passionate about helping couples love each other and feel more connected.
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Brilliant, insightful, real, and very personal and poignant! I am a great fan of this podcast and of the interviewer but, I had not listened in a long time. Yet, today, on a whim, I tuned back in and had an experience of Grace … as if John O’Donohue was speaking through a couples therapist about the relationship dance which can be a loving yet conflicted ordeal.
I also am fully and deeply Irish and come from a deeply wounded and wounding relationship in which I also absolutely believed the problems were only and exclusively about the other person. Since the time of that relationship, I also have come to realize it is NEVER ever about the other person. Consequently, I have been dealing with my own “shit” for the past 30 years and I’m still work-in-progreess, but with empathy for myself and my X and my sons who have cooked in the cauldron of our relationship conflict and thrived all the same, I continue to do my work as best I can and applaud all those who are able to do the same as Michael has and is doing. It’s about the bunny rabbits, not the alligators.
So .. thank you for this podcast Michael. I am smitten and inspired and Mastery is not for wimps! You ROCK! Leave no rock upturned and no feeling and authenticity experienced.
DB
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