You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.
Hey everybody, it's Marielle.
The relationships we have with the people we're close to can be so good for us and they can also be incredibly frustrating.
Our friends, our partners, our family members, our colleagues, they sometimes disappoint us,
often in patterns that repeat over and over again and make you feel like you're at an impasse.
Mariah's secret to gear is a licensed marriage and family therapist.
Her practice is called BFF therapy, and she has a lot of advice for navigating these moments.
On this edition of Dear Life Kit, the series from reporter Andy Tagle,
Andy asks Mariah a series of anonymous questions from listeners who are at the end of their ropes.
The questions will come from different arenas of life, friendship, romantic love, work,
but they all come from folks who've reached a breaking point with the people around them.
Before we jump back into the episode,
I want to share an exciting newsletter series we've been working on.
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$1.21 trillion in 2025, to be exact.
Here at LifeKit, we know there are so many reasons people get into debt.
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