The Anxious Overachiever

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10 Questions for the Middle of the Year
Where has your energy gone, and where do you want it to go?
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Kathleen Smith
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Want to stir things up? Move towards someone.
How contact teaches us something about our relationships.
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Kathleen Smith
Staying Smart When Others Are Anxious
Responding to the ideas, not the intensity.
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Kathleen Smith
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Here's One for the Impatient Folks
How boredom can help us move towards ourselves.
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Kathleen Smith
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May 2025

Your Relationships Aren't a To-Do List
How people get interested in good contact
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Kathleen Smith
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In Favor of Friction
The false promise of "seamless" relationships
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Kathleen Smith
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Have You Considered that People Are Capable?
Relating to people's strengths rather than their sensitivity.
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Kathleen Smith
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Becoming Less Allergic to the Reactivity in Others
How neutrality changes the relationship equation
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Kathleen Smith

April 2025

The Hidden Tension Behind Your Talking
Are you saying something, or are you managing something?
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Kathleen Smith
Where People Put the Problem
And how they begin to function better.
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Kathleen Smith
Seeing Yourself as an Outsider
How your perception of closeness and distance can get you into trouble.
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Kathleen Smith
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Is There Anything Else On the Menu?
Finding and choosing new moves in relationship challenges.
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Kathleen Smith
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