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Why Are New Year's Resolutions so Hard to Keep?
Turns out, getting ourselves to do what we want ourselves to do is tough
Dec 29, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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A Survival Guide to the Holidays for People With Dysfunctional Families
Five Steps to an Okay-ish Visit With Your Dysfunctional Family
Dec 22, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Coming in 2026: How to Recover & Everything You Ever Wanted to Know
How to live and love in a world on fire. Also: recovery, resources, and it's almost 2026(!?!).
Dec 20, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Reflections on the Pace of Things
Oct 29, 2024
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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What to Do if You Aren't Sure What to Do
Mar 30, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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The Right Thing™ Parenting and Impossible Lives
Jun 23, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Don't Make Fun of People You Want to Agree with You
May 7, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Why is everything so hard always?
Aug 18, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Are they a narcissist or just your average dysfunctional person?
Aug 1, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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What's the problem with purity?
Shouldn't we want pure things? Like water, bodies, nations, and soap?
Dec 7, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Why is everything so hard always?
And also why is my to-do list plan and task management app not working?
Aug 18, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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When Pregnancy Loss Is Devastating
For those facing a devastating loss or those who love someone facing a devastating loss
Aug 11, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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When Other People are the Main Problem
Based on a sermon given at First Christian Church, August 3, 2025
Aug 7, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Are they a narcissist or just your average dysfunctional person?
And, is everyone a narcissist these days?
Aug 1, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Feeling Paralyzed, Helpless, or Hopeless? 10 Things Everyday People Can Do
No big changes ever start as big changes
Jun 28, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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The Right Thing™ Parenting and Impossible Lives
No New Advice. No New Strategies.
Jun 23, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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Don't Make Fun of People You Want to Agree with You
Or: Calling people idiots is not a good way to bring about the world we long for
May 7, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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When Things Cannot Be Fixed
Holy Saturday and Making a Life in the Midst of Loss
Apr 19, 2025
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Dr. Elizabeth Gish
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