by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
It’s 9pm, and I walk in the door still carrying the weight of a day at my office. The kids are already in bed, eyelids heavy but holding out for a “goodnight” from Daddy. My wife is tired but smiling and happy to see me. And I don’t want any of it. I stomp around,...
by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
Therapy is like bedroom carpet and many therapists are completely clueless. And that’s a good thing. This is what I mean by that… Earlier this year, our family was preparing to embark upon an adventure, picking up our lives and plopping them back down in a new town...
by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
Six years ago, my wife and I had reached a pinnacle. We’d just had our third and last child, my wife had become the director of her graduate psychology program, my clinical practice was thriving, and we’d just purchased a house in the right neighborhood with the best...
by Dr. Kelly Flanagan | Artisan Blog
I feel bad for marital communication, because it gets blamed for everything. For generations, in survey after survey, couples have rated marital communication as the number one problem in marriage. It’s not… Marital communication is getting a bad rap. It’s like the...