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Licensed therapist and respected mental health writer Dr. Kathleen Smith offers a smart, practical antidote to our anxiety-ridden times. Everything Isn't Terrible is an informative and fun guide - featuring a healthy dose of humor - for people who want to become beacons of calmness in our anxious world. Like Sarah Knight's No F*cks Given guides and You Are a Badass, Everything Isn't Terrible will inspire listeners to confront their anxious selves, take charge of their anxiety and increase their own capacity to choose how they respond to it. 

Humans are master pretenders. We often seem stronger, calmer and more mature than we really are, while the truth is we're full of doubts and self-criticism that pushes us to borrow reassurance from friends, beliefs from strangers on the internet, or attention that, in the moment, makes us feel successful, but leaves us totally hollow and burnt out. Dr. Smith uses examples from her own life and the lives of her therapy patients to explain how we borrow confidence, calmness and beliefs from our relationships and offers solutions and steps for building a life with our own best-thinking.

Dr. Angeli Maun Akey and Dr. Kathleen O’Neil-Smith have used their experience to bring a living resource to life. This concise primer provides the three-essential ingredients for coping with our current health challenge - information, analysis, and practical steps forward. Starting with a summary of COVID-19, they outline practical information about the virus and how our bodies respond to infection. Adding a cherry on top, they combine their work with online resources so that it remains up to date with the latest medical research!

*Coming Soon! (most likely fall '24)I can't wait to highlight an extra ordinary collection of stories of women making moves that are undeniably God inspired. Life is a lot, and (God love ‘em) kids add an extra level of crazy. You never stop. And every ding from your phone tends to induce some level of anxiety whether it’s another negative notification from the news, or a text from the groomer that you forgot to pick up the dog again.Goodness gracious! You need a break in your week. You need something good and positive in your ear. You need a chance to hear the huge, outrageous ways ...

A quick moment of encouragement, a little piece of information you may not know. Something to brighten your day or tug at your emotions. Enjoy this book from beginning to end or pick a different chapter to encourage you for the day. In her blog, Hey You,”Kathleen shares her thoughts and little moments in life. Now you can listen to them in audio at your leisure. Kathleen Smith is a mother of three and an author who lives in upstate New York. 

In the early 70s and 80s, Brooklyn, NY seemed like the perfect place to live for a little girl who could never imagine living "upstate" in the country. Family vacations, helping out her parents, and learning to live through change gave way to the biggest change yet - livin’ upstate and starting a family of her own. This is a snapshot of one girl's life as she changes into a woman and a mother and eventually experiences the lose of her own mother.

Miscarriages is a memoir that brings the perspective of a christian woman to the experience of miscarriage. The trials and emotional changes, the feelings experienced when being around other pregnant woman after having had a miscarriage, how turning to God got her through them, and more. Kathleen, a mother of three and married for 20 years, relates her personal feelings and emotions. As you listen the book you will experience a conversation with Kathleen about this topic and learn how one woman dealt and struggled with this topic.

Si el mundo está patas arriba, tú no tienes por qué estarlo. La Dra. Kathleen Smith, especialista en salud mental, te ofrece un antídoto inteligente, con buenas dosis de humor, para estos tiempos complicados y hostiles para el bienestar. ¿Te has preguntado cómo lidiar con esas conversaciones difíciles en casa o en el trabajo?, ¿cómo retomar tu vida social después de todos los meses de aislamiento?, ¿cómo ayudar a tus seres queridos sin salir lastimado?, o ¿cuál es la mejor manera de cuidar de tus emociones para que no las altere