The Constitution, our founding document, says a lot about how our country has evolved and who we want to be.

But it's not set in stone.

So for the next month, we'll be digging into the history behind some of its most pivotal amendments.

Listen to We The People on the Thruline Podcast from NPR.

You're listening to Life Kit from NPR.

Hey everybody, it's Mario.

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 Seagr Degeer 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 Taggle.

Andy asks Maria 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.

On How to Do Everything from the team at Wait Wait Don't Tell Me, we try to find the answers to all your burning questions.

I'd like to know how do I get someone to tell me if I smell?

That's the perfect question for us.

So we went over to her house and we sniffed her.

Because we care.

Listen to the How to Do Everything Podcast from NPR.

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