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Lori Gottlieb On Why You Should Talk To Someone, Therapy, Couples Therapy & Removing Stigmas Around Therapy

The Bossticks

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The Importance of Being a Witness

I think about that a lot with our child. I think both of our parents did an incredible job and I know my dad's listening. You don't just want to be sort of like the fixer. That's the fishbowl. You want to be a witness and a guide. And you don't- so in other words, you're not just a witness, that's the ocean. So instead of doing this thing where maybe your kid comes to you and they say like, oh, I'm really sad about this and the parent ignores it completely or says, let's go get frozen yogurt. Let's go to Disneyland. Or the kid is like,. I'm really worried about

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