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What if your love language. . . is your anxiety language?
Gary Chapman’s book The 5 Love Languages has been a constant bestseller for years. People seem to like the idea that the root of marriage problems is a…
Kathleen Smith
Feb 18
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Let People Be in Charge of Themselves
Energy is a precious resource in pandemic life. Most people are worn down, worried, and struggling to do the bare minimum. Yet somehow I still find mys…
Kathleen Smith
Feb 8
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20 Ways You Had an Incredibly Anxious 2020
And how this can help you think about 2021.
Kathleen Smith
Dec 18, 2020
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It's Your Responsibility to Be Self-ish
How managing other people's emotions can make you less capable.
Kathleen Smith
Dec 3, 2020
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50 Ways We Fake Maturity
and how they can keep us from growing up.
Kathleen Smith
Oct 22, 2020
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50 Questions to Help You Grow Up
People often come to therapy for answers. But answers have very little to do with growing up. Answers are often attempts to direct or control others. T…
Kathleen Smith
Oct 9, 2020
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How Anxiety Influences Politics
and keeps us from solving problems.
Kathleen Smith
Sep 17, 2020
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What if every day was the first day of school?
How simple observation transforms our relationships.
Kathleen Smith
Sep 4, 2020
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How Changing Yourself Changes the Game
Why forcing maturity on others doesn't work.
Kathleen Smith
Aug 27, 2020
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How we end up managing other people's relationships
And how to put the focus back on yourself.
Kathleen Smith
Aug 18, 2020
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25 Ways We Use Distance to Manage Anxiety
Distancing is perhaps the quickest way to bind anxiety. We move across the country from our parents. We stay late at work to avoid our spouse. Or we ne…
Kathleen Smith
Aug 10, 2020
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Blazing Past the Exit Ramps
How "what if" questions can keep you from growing
Kathleen Smith
Aug 3, 2020
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