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livingfullywithdrkathymccoy"s podcast

Dr. Kathy McCoy

"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.

All Episodes

09:30

OMG! I'm Turning Into My Mother!

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2016/04/18

In this episode, Dr. McCoy explores the ways we may come to resemble our mothers as we reach midlife. This can be an unsettling discovery or a sign of growth and opportunity to develop some of the wonderful traits we may remember in our parents: patience, generativity, greater kindness and wisdom. Dr. McCoy explores how to make the best of this OMG! moment in life.

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10:15

Sex and the Baby Boomers

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2016/04/11

A recent study found that Baby Boomers, who came of age in an era of the Pill and free love, are increasingly soured on sex. Another study of seniors and sex found that many people enjoy active sex lives into old age. What makes the difference between dissatisfaction with sex and pleasure with sex as we age? In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses why some Boomers are so dissatisfied with their sex lives and why some older people enjoy sex well into their 70's or 80's. If your sex life could use

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09:53

9 Ways to Get Your Teen to Put Down the Smart Phone...

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2016/04/04

There was a time when all parents of teens had to deal with was sullen silence. Now there is electronic silence as teens focus on texting with friends. In this episode, Dr. McCoy offers 9 suggestions for breaking through both sullen and electronic silence to connect with your teen once again.

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06:46

The Wonder Years

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2016/03/28

No, this episode isn't about the lovely television show of the same name that aired some years ago. It's about life in one's sixties, seventies, and beyond when one wonders about so many unknowable things: if savings will be enough, how long health and mobility will endure, how one might cope with future losses, and if this is all there is. While we don't have a crystal ball for the future, we can take steps to safeguard our health and vitality for as long as possible. And we can make a positive

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09:32

When A Loved One Has Habits Hazardous to Health

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2016/03/21

What can you do when someone you is engaging in health self-sabotage? Dr. Kathy McCoy has suggestions to help you get through to a loved one in ways that work best.

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14:35

Clashing Expectations of Parents and Adult Children

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2016/03/14

Parents and their adult children often having clashing expectations in a variety of ways: expectations of seeing each other more (or less), expectations about financial or emotional support, about life changes, about differing concepts of what it means to be family. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses how to handle clashing expectations, how to set boundaries and voice your wishes and how to make peace, not with what could be or might have been, but with what is.

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13:37

Aging and Depression

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2016/03/07

Depression happens for a variety of reasons as one ages and experiences great losses, a decline in health, a loss of mobility or independence or a loss of the structure and purpose one had while working. In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses how to recognize the signs of depression in an elderly relative or in yourself -- and how to alleviate the pain.

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08:33

The Urge to Run Away

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2016/02/29

In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the necessity and the benefits of time out from caregiving -- whether you're the busy parent of teenagers or a special needs child or of an aging parent, whether you're juggling multiple responsibilities or adjusting to retirement with a 24/7 spouse. Dr. McCoy offers tips for brief respite, even if you feel you don't have the time, in order to replenish your energy to meet all the challenges of your life.

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13:41

Stalled Launches and Boomerangs: The Nest That Won't...

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2016/02/22

Dr. McCoy gives tips for understanding and dealing with adult children in residence who have yet to launch or who are coming back home after college, divorce or job loss. She offers suggestions for setting limits and ground rules and getting your young adult children successfully launched into the world.

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21:22

Retirement Readiness

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2016/02/15

While advice abounds on financial retirement readiness, there isn't nearly as much emphasis as there needs to be on emotional retirement readiness, Dr. McCoy contends. In this episode, she gives five guidelines to prepare emotionally for this major life transition. What do you do when something unforeseen comes between you and your retirement dreams? How do you want to live and who do you want to be after you leave the full-time workforce? When is the best time -- for you -- to call it quits? How do

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12:53

The Secrets of Long, Happy Love Relationships

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2016/02/08

In this episode, Dr. McCoy discusses the secrets and special qualities that those in long term love relationships tend to share. In findings based on her clinical experience with a wide variety of couples, Dr. McCoy explores signs that a relationship may not last and the special qualities of those that do last for decades. In learning from long-time loving couples, you can discover ways to help your own relationship endure and to thrive.

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15:24

Living With and Learning From Regrets

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2016/02/01

As we age, we have so many memories and also some regrets. We may regret some things we did and some things we didn't do, roads not taken. What can you do with regrets? How can you turn these into positives to enhance your current life and relationships?

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12:09

Letting Go

livingfullywithdrkathymccoy"s podcast ·

2016/01/25

Letting go is crucial to growth in midlife. This means letting go of the burdens of youth, of daily responsibility for children, of old dreams and outgrown needs and roles, of judgments, old hurt and anger to make way for new ways to grow and to love.

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19:42

Help Your Adult Child Through Rough Times

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2016/01/25

What can you do when your adult child is having career setbacks, is confused over his or her life direction or is having financial, drug or alcohol issues or marital problems? Dr. McCoy discusses what to do -- and what not to do -- to help. She has specific suggestions on how to help without hindering growth, to encourage without diminishing your adult child's own problem solving skills, and to nurture without rescuing.

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12:57

The Stories That Define Our Lives

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2016/01/18

Taking a close look at the stories we tell ourselves about our lives can give us valuable insights into the themes of our lives. Do we see ourselves as victims? Or as resilient survivors? Do we remember only pain? Or fun and forgiveness and love above all? Our lives all haves shades of gray, complicated mixes of joy and pain and nuances that are often more apparent to us than to those close to us. How and what we remember and the stories we tell ourselves can have a major impact on our later lives

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14:57

Loneliness

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2016/01/11

Loneliness can come with losses and life changes, through one's own actions or reactions or changing circumstances. Dr. McCoy discusses seven ways to break through the emotional walls that can grow around our lonely feelings and reconnect with others.

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08:28

New Year's Crossroads and Conscience

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2016/01/04

How do you keep New Year's -- or daily -- resolutions to live a healthy lifestyle? How do you deal with temptations to seek toxic solutions to everyday problems? Dr. McCoy shares some experiences and thoughts about being at a crossroads of making a healthy or toxic decision.

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10:04

The Greatest Gift

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2015/12/14

As holiday shopping reaches its peak, Dr. McCoy gives a reminder that the greatest gift one can give a loved one is the gift of time -- ordinary, but treasured moments that may be remembered with love years later. She invites listeners to think of such moments in their lives and shares her own treasured memories of special people and their warmly remembered gifts of time.

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15:05

Adult Children: Surviving the Holidays With or...

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2015/12/07

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Holiday Depression

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2015/11/30

In this episode, Dr. McCoy explores common reasons for holiday blues and gives suggestions for making this holiday season a happier one.

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