01 • RELATIONSHIPS
Why Do We Push People Away When They Get Close?
Attachment, vulnerability, defenses, and what intimacy can activate in us.
Episode coming soon →MENTAL HEALTH • RELATIONSHIPS • THERAPY
THERE'S MORE
BENEATH THE
BEHAVIOR.
The Why Between Us is a podcast about mental health, relationships, therapy, and the human experience—serious conversations that stay human.
“The goal isn't to reduce people to labels. It's to understand what their behavior may be trying to say.”THE WHY BETWEEN US
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Why Do We Keep Choosing the Same Kind of Person?
We explore the patterns we repeat in relationships—and what it takes to understand them before we try to change them.
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ABOUT THE HOST
Meet Colby.
Colby Odom is a social worker and therapist whose work centers on human connection, emotional meaning, and the stories underneath behavior. His interests include psychotherapy, play, attachment, grief, rural mental health, and the ways relationships shape how people understand themselves.
The Why Between Us is an independent educational project built around one idea: people become easier to understand when we slow down long enough to ask better questions.
TherapyHumanistic and depth-oriented
PlayChild development and expression
Social WorkPeople in context
THE QUESTION
Why do we do what we do?
People are often described by the most visible thing they do: angry, avoidant, difficult, needy, distant, dramatic, unmotivated.
This show asks what happens when we look beneath those descriptions—at attachment, defenses, development, trauma, grief, relationships, culture, and the simple human need to be understood.
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Conversations worth thinking about.
02 • THERAPY
Why Doesn't My Therapist Just Tell Me What to Do?
What therapy is actually for—and why advice is only one tiny part of change.
Episode coming soon →03 • CHILDREN
Why Does Play Matter So Much?
How children communicate, regulate, experiment, and make meaning through play.
Episode coming soon →CONTACT
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