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Loving Our Children by Giving Them Space to Grow
An interview with Dr. Jenny Brown
Jun 12
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Kathleen Smith
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Are You Overfunctioning in Your Marriage?
5 questions to get you thinking.
Jun 10
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Kathleen Smith
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Stop Teaching People How to Relate to You
Because it's probably not working.
Jun 5
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Kathleen Smith
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Could Anxiety Help Your Relationships?
Getting ready to do a thing.
Jun 2
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Kathleen Smith
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May 2026
Who's Allowed to Get Interested in Their Challenges?
How your own certainty shuts down other people's thinking.
May 29
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Kathleen Smith
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What Does an Anxious Child Focus Look Like?
Medieval art may have some clues.
May 28
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Kathleen Smith
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No One Has to Grow Up for You to Calm Down
What are you doing with your work anxiety?
May 21
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Kathleen Smith
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The People Who Get the Most Out of Therapy
When it comes to your relationships, how much of an experimenter’s spirit do you have?
May 19
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Kathleen Smith
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Do Your Goals Need More Constraints?
Why too much freedom can keep us stuck.
May 14
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Kathleen Smith
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The Growing Temptation of Cognitive Surrender
Are you offloading anxiety and downloading solutions?
May 12
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Kathleen Smith
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The Claustrophobia of an Anxious Child Focus
Untangling our wellbeing from those we love.
May 7
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Kathleen Smith
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There's No Nutrition in Downward Comparison
Propping ourselves up with other people's setbacks.
May 6
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Kathleen Smith
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