In this episode we unpack: Vienna’s journey from a child of divorce to her successful private practice as a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist to her hugely popular Instagram account (@mindfulmft), vulnerability in relationships, needing someone vs. being needy, masculinity vs. femininity and where we go wrong with labels, how clients teach US so much, and how no one is alone in their struggle. TRUTH BOMBS:“What I’ve learned that being a great partner is not about just being a great listener, it’s also about being a great sharer and leaning into that vulnerability.”“I had to let myself out of the role of always being okay.”Bio:Vienna Pharaon is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the founder of Mindful Marriage and Family Therapy in New York City. She is the expert relationship contributor for Motherly, and an international speaker and presenter. Vienna is also the co-founder of the popular Relationships 101 program she presents around North America.Vienna believes that we all have the capacity for beautiful change and fulfilling relationships, but that in order to come face to face with that change we need to take on vulnerability, explore our past, and find ways to express and expand ourselves and our needs in a healthy and connective way.Follow her on Social media at @mindfulmft and join the hundreds of thousands of others who look to her for their daily dose of relationship and self love motivation and wisdom.