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Asking For A Friend with TalkDoc — 143 episodes · page 1 of 2

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#150: The Ostrich Effect: Why We Avoid Hard Conversations & How to Stop

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#149: The Brain Science Behind Rejection, Overthinking, and Belonging

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#148: This is Your Brain During a Conflict!

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#147: Why Your Brain Fights Back When You Try to Change

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#146: Stop Guessing. Check Perceptions Instead!

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#145: When You Shut Down Mid-Fight, This Is What's Happening Inside You!

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#144: How to Spot a Fake Apology (and Give a Real One)

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#143: Never Have a Boring Conversation Again!

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#142: Holiday Gathering Survival Guide: Navigating Difficult Conversations!

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#141: How to Manage Holiday Stress with Vanessa Trine, LPPC

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#140: Meet the Parents! How to Introduce Your New Partner to Family

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#139: Navigating Holiday Gift Giving and Money: Unwrapping Expectations

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#138: The Power of First Impressions: Navigating The World of Appearances

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#137: Don’t Say It! When NOT Talking Is the Best Communication Strategy

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#136: Siblings Matter! Communication Strategies for Adult Sibling Relationships

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#135: How to Navigate Adult Sibling Relationships

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#134: Teaching Kids to Manage Conflict with Jason Harper

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#133: 👨‍👩‍👧 Adulting is Hard - Setting Boundaries with Parents🔒

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#132: 🔍Interpersonal Data Mining: Breaking Through Assumptions🔦

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#131: 📢 How to Give Feedback without Sounding Harsh 🔥

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#130: Stop the Drama! How to Break the Avoid-Criticize Loop

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#129: 🥉Dad Life: Insights on Balancing Home, Work and Self-Care

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#128: You Did It First! Breaking the Tit-for-Tat Trap

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#127: Celebrating Motherhood: Lessons from the Mothership with Melissa Beck

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#126: Embracing Common Ground We Didn’t Know We Had

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#125: Unlocking Optimism: The Art of Reframing

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#124: Mastering Boundaries: How to Say No and Improve Your Relationships!

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#123: Stonewalling Explained: Why it Happens and How to Overcome it!

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#122: Stop Taking It Personally! Managing Defensiveness

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#121: That's Not What I Meant! Unpacking Intent vs. Impact

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#120: Unfiltered! The Joy and Curiosity of Children's Speech

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#119: Navigating Conformity: When to Speak Up and When to Listen

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#118: Cracking the Code on Humblebragging

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#117: Cultivating Joy and Gratitude with TalkDoc and Atlas of the Heart

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#116: How To Keep an Open Heart with Meredith and Atlas of the Heart

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#115: True Belonging vs. Fitting In? A Deep Dive with Teighlor and Atlas of the Heart

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#114: AFAF with Melissa Beck on Impactful Generosity

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#113: Overcoming Comparison! The Thief of Joy

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#112: Overcoming Negative Sentiment Override: Strategies for Healthier Relationships

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#111: AFAF with Christopher Faris on Imposter Syndrome

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#110: AFAF Rewind! How to Control Your Anger

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#109: Direct vs. Indirect Communication: Understanding the Differences

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#108: Understanding Contempt: The Silent Relationship Killer

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#107: Lies Lies Lies! Exaggeration, Deception, and Confabulations

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#106: AFAF Rewind! Spotting Red and Green Flags in Relationships and Dating

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#105: The Truth About Lying: White Lies, Omission, and Equivocation

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#104: AFAF Rewind! How to Master Your Emotions

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#103: Mom! Get Off Your Phone!

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#102: AFAF Rewind! How to Express Your Emotions

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#101: AFAF with Carrie Johnson on Codependency and Hypervigilance

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#100: AFAF Rewind! The Message Received is the One that Counts!

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#099: I Don't Like Your Tone! The Power of Nonverbal Paralanguage

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#098: AFAF Rewind! How to Manage Gaslighting

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#097: AFAF with Marissa Cirbo on Communicating Amidst Chronic Illness

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#096: AFAF Rewind! How to Stop Over Explaining!

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#095: Can't TouchThis! The Power of Nonverbal Touch

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#094: AFAF Rewind! Shut Down Mode - How to Manage Stonewalling

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#093: Make Your World Bigger!

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#092: AFAF Rewind! Women, Heart Attacks, and American Heart Month 2024

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#091: Situationships, Valentines, DTR Talks, and Commitment

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#090: Money Talks! How to Set Expectations about Gifts and Money

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#089: Let’s Talk Money Honey! How to Talk about Money

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#088: Are You Even Listening? How to Improve Your Listening! Part 2

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#087: Are You Even Listening? How to Improve Your Listening! Part 1

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#086:AFAF with Arianna on Managing Grief and Wholehearted Living

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#085:AFAF with David Leonard on How to Deal with Grief

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#084: How To Get Closure!

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#083: How To Spot Beige Flags in Your Relationships and Dating

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#082: How To Spot Green Flags in Your Relationships and Dating

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#081: How To Spot Yellow Flags in Your Relationships and Dating

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#080: How To Spot Red Flags in Your Relationships and Dating!

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#079: AFAF on the First Year of Fatherhood

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#078: ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Parenting

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#077: ChatGPT, Artificial Intelligence (AI), & Relationships

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#076: AFAF on the First Year of Motherhood

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#075: How To Express Your Needs to Unlock More Intimacy

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#074: Why Can’t You Read My Mind?

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#073: Managing Your Conflict Styles

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#072: What is Your Conflict Style?

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#071: AFAF with Carrie Johnson on People Pleasers!

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#070: Women and Heart Attacks!

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#069: How to Manage Valentine’s Expectations!

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#068: AFAF Real Talk - How to Handle Boundary Testers

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#067: AFAF Real Talk - How to Set Boundaries to Help Others Treat You Well!

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#066: Find Your Voice - How to Increase the Power of Your Speech

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#065: AFAF Real Talk - Checking Our Perception Checking!

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#064: AFAF Real Talk - Don’t Be So Defensive! It’s Me Not You!

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#063: So Passive-Aggressive! How to Stop It Now!

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#062: AFAF with Vanessa Trine on Anxiety and How It Translates Into the Body

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#061: Stop Criticizing! How to Properly Complain without Blame

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#060: AFAF with Staci Ross and Kim Newlin on Women and Heart Attacks

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#059: Anger Management! How to Tame Your Temper with Christopher Faris and Carrie Johnson

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#058: Keeping Your Cool - How to Control Your Emotions SoThey Don’t Control You

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#057: Perfectionism - How to Stop ”Shoulding” Yourself!

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#056: You Can’t Take it Back! How to Navigate What You Didn’t Mean to Say

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#055: All the Feels! How to Better Express Your Feelings

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#054: Father Knows Best! How to Foster Curiosity and Build Self-Confidence in Your Child

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#053: Sad? Mad? Glad? How to Expand Your Emotional Vocabulary

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#052: Blooper Reel 4 - Uhm...Asking for a Host

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#051: Now We’re Talkin’ - How to Get Someone to Tell You More

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