Hey, Fellow Travelers. This week, we’re checking in with Savannah, Ryan and Beth, Danica, and Amy to hear how our sessions have impacted their lives since we last spoke. All of them had trouble communicating with someone--a spouse, sibling, boyfriend--about an important issue in their relationships, and if you’ve been avoiding having a hard but necessary conversation (especially one that involves setting some boundaries!), this episode is for you. 
 If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com. 
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Having Hard Conversations: How to Avoid Being Avoidant

I&rsquo;m Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. And I&rsquo;m Guy Winch, author of Emotional First Aid. We&rsquo;re both advice columnists, TED speakers, and of course therapists in clinical practice who want to bring the lessons of the therapy room outside the therapy room&hellip; to all of you. Each week on DEAR THERAPISTS, we invite you to be a fly-on-the-wall in these personal, raw, transformative sessions with everyday people and then hear what happens when we give concrete, actionable advice and have them report back to let us know how things went after the session ended. We&rsquo;re sharing these real sessions because we believe that everyone can benefit from hearing how people just like them get through their struggles and grow and change. So sit back and come into the therapy room with us&hellip; and prepare to learn a lot about yourself in the process.

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This week, we’re in session with Stephanie and her mother, Rona, who hasn’t forgiven her daughter for something that happened twenty-five years ago. We help them acknowledge the hurt they caused each other and find a new path forward. 
 
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Encore: S04 Ep10 - Stephanie’s Mother’s Judgment

This week, we’re in session with Alexis, whose parents are pressuring her to get married and have children on their timeline instead of hers. We help her to set healthy boundaries with her family.
 
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Encore: S04 Ep 09 - Alexis’s Controlling Family

This week, we’re in session with Grace and Finn, a young married couple who struggle to keep their disagreements from turning into full-blown arguments they later regret. We help them identify what goes wrong and give them practical tools for substituting faulty assumptions and accusations with openness and vulnerability.
 
If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.
 
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Encore: S04 Ep 08 - Grace and Finn’s Escalating Arguments

This week, we’re in session with Vanessa, whose father insisted she take out a huge loan she could not repay and give him all the money, then disowned her when she refused. We help her to process the loss of her entire family, and start to create a trusted, compassionate family of choice who treats her the way family should.
 
If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.
 
Subscribe for free to Dear Therapists to stay up to date on all the latest episodes.
 
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Encore: S04 Ep 07 - Vanessa’s Parental Betrayal

This week, we’re in session with Andrew, who met his current partner because they shared the same ex, and worries that his new relationship is therefore built on a shaky foundation. We help him remove the ghost of the ex and trust the important lessons he learned from that relationship in this new one.
 
If you have a dilemma you’d like to discuss with us—big or small—email us at LoriAndGuy@iHeartMedia.com.
 
Subscribe for free to Dear Therapists to stay up to date on all the latest episodes.
 
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Having Hard Conversations: How to Avoid Being Avoidant

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