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Jun 2023
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From Anxiety to Empathy: A Father’s Day ...

Russell Kennedy
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On this Father's Day 2023 I talk about my father and the role his mental illness played in my own anxiety and how he is a driving force in my desire to help others with emotional pain. I talk about the role of our parents and how we tend to look at our mother and father in a one dimensional way that keeps us trapped in our own emotional dysregulation, and ho ... Show More
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