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Dr. Kathy McCoy
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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.

  1. 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.

    15 min
  2. Lopsided Love: What You Need to Know About Relationship Inequality

    01/13/2020

    Lopsided Love: What You Need to Know About Relationship Inequality

    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.

    14 min
  3. Stay or Go? Making a Decision About Your Unhappy Relationship

    11/18/2019

    Stay or Go? Making a Decision About Your Unhappy Relationship

    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.

    12 min
  4. Surviving the Unthinkable: What to Do When the Worst Happens

    11/04/2019

    Surviving the Unthinkable: What to Do When the Worst Happens

    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.

    11 min
  5. Virtual or Natural Kindness?

    10/21/2019

    Virtual or Natural Kindness?

    Do you need an electronic reminder to prompt you to be kind and thoughtful to loved ones? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses our increased dependance on electronics to see if we're sleeping well, moving enough or to find our favorite music. Why not an app for kindness? She suggests that, in addition to relying on our devices, we can tap into our own emotional resources to find ways to please, surprise and enhance our relationships with those we love.

    9 min
  6. 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. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses instances where someone might benefit from therapy, how to find a therapist and how to make sure a particular therapist might be the right one for you.

    17 min
  7. Relationship Loneliness

    09/23/2019

    Relationship Loneliness

    Feeling alone in a relationship can be uniquely painful. Sometimes it happens when our fantasies of constant, intense love and happiness clash with 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.

    12 min
  8. 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.

    12 min
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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.

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