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"Living Fully with Dr. Kathy McCoy" is for Baby Boomers and Generation Xers who are seeking to balance their busy lives, enhance their relationships and understand their feelings. In these weekly podcasts, psychotherapist Dr. Kathy McCoy discusses issues such as how to improve relationships with adult children, deal with depression, anxiety and "emotional clutter", how to make marriage work in retirement, come to terms with troubling feelings about aging parents and the aging process itself.

Five Ways to Break a Pattern of Bad Relationships 01/27/2020

Five Ways to Break a Pattern of Bad Relationships 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/12710003

Lopsided Love: 01/13/2020

Lopsided Love: 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/12708515

Stay or Go? 11/18/2019

Stay or Go? 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/11892266

Surviving the Unthinkable: 11/04/2019

Surviving the Unthinkable: 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/11891468

Virtual or Natural Kindness? 10/21/2019

Virtual or Natural Kindness? 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/11442014

Why Would Anyone Get Therapy? 10/07/2019

Why Would Anyone Get Therapy? 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/11441276

So Lonely Together: 09/23/2019

So Lonely Together: 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10989446

The Power of "No" 09/09/2019

The Power of "No" 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10988750

When Your Child Opens the Closet Door 08/19/2019

When Your Child Opens the Closet Door 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10688132

Comfortable Invisibility 08/05/2019

Comfortable Invisibility 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. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10687097

Dueling Libidos: 07/22/2019

Dueling Libidos: Mismatched sexual desire is not uncommon and can cause a lot of pain between partners. In this episode, Dr. McCoy suggests questions to ask yourself about possible causes and conditions behind your dueling libidos and offers a number of suggestions for communication, compromise and true intimacy. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10256927

Pet Love, Pet Loss: 07/08/2019

Pet Love, Pet Loss: We have very special bonds with our pets, often considering them important members of the family. But many people who don't have the experience of loving a companion animal may show little understanding or empathy when we're dealing with the loss of a beloved pet and that can complicate our grief. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10255337

Ditching the Baggage and Living a Life 06/24/2019

Ditching the Baggage and Living a Life There may come a time in our lives when our possessions cease to be a comfort and start to become an obstacle to growth, to relationships, to happiness and even to health. Dr. McCoy discusses hoarding behavior, what it is and why it happens and how to begin to help a loved one who is a hoarder. She also talks about how all of us, hoarders or not, need to reorder our priorities as well as our possessions as we age. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/10146205

Lessons in Love from the College Admissions Scandal 06/17/2019

Lessons in Love from the College Admissions Scandal What lessons in love can we learn from the recent college admissions scandal? Dr. McCoy discusses the importance of allowing our children to experience the consequences of their choices and actions, to get experience in facing disappointment and going on. Parental counsel and support for their children's dreams are certainly important. But most important of all are the lessons parents can teach their children by example -- to become good, kind and caring people. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/9858311

Embracing Failure 06/10/2019

Embracing Failure What do we do when dreams don't come true? When we do the best we can and still it isn't enough to achieve a treasured goal? In this episode, Dr. McCoy talks about the importance of embracing failure as part of the fabric of our lives. Fear of failure can immobile us and make success impossible. Learning to live with failures and imperfections can help us to learn, to grow and to discover new possibilities in our lives. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/9857114

On Kindness, Healthy Hearts and Self-Care: 06/03/2019

On Kindness, Healthy Hearts and Self-Care: Women's lives are busier than ever today. In these frantic and divisive times, kindness, caring and building a healthy lifestyle are especially important for our well-being. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/9577733

Reflections on Childlessness 05/27/2019

Reflections on Childlessness What is it like to be childless -- whether by choice or circumstance? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the assumptions we make about childless people -- about their reasons, their motives, their character and their lives -- and why these assumptions often may not to be true. She looks at the reasons some of us are childless and how, nevertheless, those without children can make warm and loving connections with the next generation. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/9855596

Conflict in Love: 05/20/2019

Conflict in Love: What's the one worst thing you can do while in conflict with your spouse? Silent withdrawal. It can be an aggressive, angry silence or a conflict adverse retreat from discussion. Either way, it can preclude a resolution and drive you apart. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses how to overcome your disinclination to engage in difficult discussions in ways that can resolve issues and bring you closer. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8950916

Meditations on Mortality 05/06/2019

Meditations on Mortality There 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 responsibility, love and gratitude. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8950037

Falling in Love Again: 04/22/2019

Falling in Love Again: Losing the delicious feeling of being in love is a common hazard in long relationships. How can you rediscover each other and the love that seems to have faded in the routines of daily living? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses specific things you can do to warm your connection and bring new life to a relationship grown tired. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8962964

Sweet Remembrances: 04/08/2019

Sweet Remembrances: Today, this minute, you can bring light to another's darkness, warmth to their isolation, making a loving connection across the years and the miles. In this episode, Dr. McCoy suggests some of the people you might choose to remember and contact, even if they're not reachable by social media or email. These contacts, these sweet remembrances, don't have to take a lot of time -- and they can mean so very much to another. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8860664

Celebrity Encounters: 03/25/2019

Celebrity Encounters: In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses what we can learn from encounters with celebrities: the importance of not making assumptions, of valuing ordinary moments, of realizing the difference all of us can make in the life of another. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8860187

10 Surprising Facts About Parent and Adult Child Estrangement 03/18/2019

10 Surprising Facts About Parent and Adult Child Estrangement Estrangement from an adult child can be a uniquely painful and lonely experience. In researching her recent book "We Don't Talk Anymore", Dr. McCoy discovered some surprising facts about such estrangements that she shares with listeners in this episode. She emphasizes that reconnecting with an estranged loved one can mean understanding why this is happening, why parents often need to be the first to extend an olive branch and how to begin to make peace with each other. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/9029096

Distracted Love: 03/11/2019

Distracted Love: Are we more connected to the world and less with each other? What can you do when you and those you love spend more time staring at an electronic screen than seeing each other? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses tech addiction and ways to establish warm connections with those we love. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8679155

Rediscovering a Long-Lost Love: 02/25/2019

Rediscovering a Long-Lost Love: In moments of loneliness or nostalgia for the sweetness and passion of youth, do you find yourself thinking of a long-ago love and wondering what it might be like to have a second chance together? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the fantasy vs the reality of rediscovering a long-ago love and what it might take to give your love story a new and happy direction. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8678651

Five Ways to Express Your Love to Your Adult Child 02/11/2019

Five Ways to Express Your Love to Your Adult Child Have you tried to show your love for your adult child by unasked for advice or motherly truth-telling? And your son or daughter reacts with anger or distancing? /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/8506505

The Challenge and Joy of Seeing Each Other 01/28/2019

The Challenge and Joy of Seeing Each Other Too many times, as Emily lamented in Thorton WIlder's "Our Town", we don't see family and friends fully, truly, with love and appreciation, every, every minute. But when we do truly see and know each other in new ways, it can be a joy. In this episode, Dr. McCoy shares such an experience from her own life, hoping that this will inspire the listener to stop and see and truly cherish the family and friends who bless their lives. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/7660928

Gray Divorce: 01/14/2019

Gray Divorce: In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses some new discoveries about the prevalence of gray divorce, the reasons behind it and the impact this may have on adult children and on the former spouses as they build new lives in their later years. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/7660619

Holiday Greeting and Announcement 12/24/2018

Holiday Greeting and Announcement Dr. McCoy wishes everyone a happy holiday season and announces that her podcast will be taking a brief holiday hiatus. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/6026498

Together Yet Divided 12/10/2018

Together Yet Divided What can you do when you and a loved one differ on politics or religion? Despite the fact that so many in our country are divided on these and other aspects of our lives, disagreement doesn't have to be hateful, demeaning or dismissive. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses five ways you can disagree and still be united in your love and devotion to each other. /episode/index/show/livingfullywithdrkathymccoy/id/7660253

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