Five Ways to Break a Pattern of Bad Relationships
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Are you unlucky in love? Stuck in disappointing, chaotic or just plain bad relationships over and over again? Why does this happen? The answers may lie in your distant past. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses this link to your past and ways to break the pattern of bad romantic relationships in your life.
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Lopsided Love:
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How do you know if your love is lopsided? What can you live with? What can you let go? What has become intolerable? And what are you going to do about all of this? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses how to know you're in an unequal relationship and what to do -- when to hope and when to let go.
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Stay or Go?
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Making the decision to stay or go can be one of the hardest you face -- even with a deeply unhappy, dysfunctional relationship. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses some reasons that people choose to stay in unhappy relationships and the reasons some leave -- and how to make a decision that feels right for you.
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Surviving the Unthinkable:
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What do you do when the worst happens? What can you do when there's nothing to be done? How can you survive a tragic loss? In this episode, Dr. McCoy shares a moment in her own life when everything changed -- and yet life went on. She offers comfort and words of hope for those grieving major, terrible losses in their lives.
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Virtual or Natural Kindness?
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Do you need an app to remind you to be kind and thoughtful to loved ones? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses our increased dependance on electronics and suggests that, in addition to electronic prompts, we can tap into our own emotional resources to find ways to please, surprise and enhance our relationships with those we love.
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Why Would Anyone Get Therapy?
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Why would anyone get therapy? This is still a frequent question many ask even though attitudes towards psychotherapy have evolved over the years from disapproval to more acceptance of professional help.
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So Lonely Together:
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Feeling alone in a relationship can be a terrible feeling. Sometimes it happens when our fantasies of constant, intense love and happiness meet reality. Sometimes it happens as the result of life transitions and busy schedules. And sometimes it signals serious problems. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses relationship loneliness, why it happens and what to do to reconnect and reclaim your love and intimacy.
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The Power of "No"
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It's not easy, especially for women, to say "No" when they want or need to. Social expectations are that a woman will always say "Yes" to a request. Refusing to go along with another's agenda and living authentically can be a challenge. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the power and importance of saying "No" and how to express your feelings in ways that others can hear and accept while avoiding negativity.
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When Your Child Opens the Closet Door
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When your child comes out to you as gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or non-binary, how do you show your love and support in the midst of your own confusion or fear for your beloved child? In this episode, Dr. McCoy gives some suggestions for embracing your child at this vulnerable time, something that can be life-saving.
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Comfortable Invisibility
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Coming to terms with the invisibility of aging can be a challenge, especially if you were noted for your beauty when young. But there are advantages to embracing this new phase of life and valuing other qualities within. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the challenges and rewards of a quiet acceptance of the passage of time.
info_outlineThere comes a time in life when mortality ceases to become an abstraction and is a daily reality -- as friends pass away, as we reach ages our parents never lived to see. Our health in later life is often a matter of genetic luck and, increasingly of personal responsibility as we seek healthy lifestyles to prolong the healthy years of our lives.
In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the importance of taking responsibility for our health, of saying and doing what we most want with those we love and of savoring each day of good health.