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How Losing Your Senses Could Make Sense of Everything Else
About four months ago, I began to lose my hearing. Every few days, for about thirty seconds, I would lose...
How to Feel Joy (With These Five Little Words)
I’m drying dishes and putting them away when I see it once again. I open a cabinet door, place a...
Why Halloween Turns Children Into Monsters
My son was two-years-old when it happened. We dressed him up in a puffy black and yellow costume, and we...
Who Do You Blame When Life is Breaking Bad?
My son’s eyeglasses disappeared. It was a warm summer evening, just the right amount of breeze, just the right amount...
The Best Way to Respond to a Compliment
The first staff meeting of the academic year at my clinical practice—more than twenty psychologists, therapists, and psychiatrists gathered in...
Caution: Abusing Gratitude Could Be Life Threatening
I tried to believe my worries were bogus—or, at least, a waste of time—but the knowledge wasn’t getting into my...
The 9 Most Overlooked Threats to a Marriage
I feel bad for marital communication, because it gets blamed for everything. For generations, in survey after survey, couples have...
The Whole Truth About How (Not) Rotten Human Beings Can Be
I walk into the house on a random Wednesday night and the television is on, tuned to the local news....
Why I Waited a Month to Write About Robin Williams
Last month, my friend was in a car accident. The car was totaled. He texted me a picture of it...
What Were You Made To Do?
The alarm sounds at 5am, and my heavy-gritty eyelids creak open. The kids still have two hours of slumber ahead...
How to Make the Magic Happen in a Marriage
I went to college in the golden age of the computer lab—a sterile, windowless room in the basement of a...
Promises to Our Boys About Manhood (On the First Day of School)
Earlier this month, in Los Angeles, a 93-year-old water main burst, and twenty million gallons of water flooded the streets...
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In his debut novel, Kelly weaves a page-turning, plot-twisting tale that explores the spiritual depths of identity and relationships, amidst themes of healing, grace, faith, forgiveness, and freedom.
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Dr. Kelly Flanagan is a psychologist, author, consultant, and speaker who enjoys walking with people through the three essentials of a truly satisfying life: worthiness, belonging, and purpose. His blog writings have been featured in Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, The 5 Love Languages, and the TODAY Show. Kelly is the author of Loveable and True Companions.