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Welcome to Dear Prudence. I'm your guest Prudence, Kristen Mineser. I host a couple of other podcasts,

including By the Book and How to Be Fine. Be sure to check them out if you love self-help books,

hate self-help books, or want advice on how to be okay-ish rather than perfect. Today, we'll be

answering questions about holding on to holiday traditions, thinking your sister is a bad

therapist, and how to convince your mom she doesn't have to knock every time she comes over.

Here to help me out today is Dan Coiz. He's a writer here at Slate, author of many delightful books,

and he hosts a couple of podcasts because who doesn't

at this point? Nevertheless, they are excellent and you should definitely check them out. The first

one is Charm Offensive with Isaac Butler and the other is The Martin Chronicles, a literary podcast

with Jason Zineman and Parles Sagle.

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