Meating Half Way
Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Slate Podcasts
4.4 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2023
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a New York based licensed clinical social worker.
Lavery and Duffy tackle two letters. First, from a letter writer who wants to date someone who her best friend just broke up with. Another letter writer who is concerned that a friend’s issues around food is breaking apart their friendship.
Need advice? Send Danny a question here.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening ad-free on Amazon Music. |
| 0:03.7 | Just a reminder that Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel Mlavery happens twice a week. |
| 0:08.0 | Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode or Little Big Mood every Friday. |
| 0:12.8 | Sign up now to listen at slate.com slash mood. |
| 0:15.5 | Music Hello and welcome back to Big Mood Little Mood. |
| 0:40.0 | I am your host, Danny M. Lavery. |
| 0:42.1 | And with me again in the studio this week is Kate Duffy, a New York-based licensed clinical social worker and a repeat guest on the show. |
| 0:50.3 | Kate's back for more. |
| 0:52.0 | Kate, welcome. |
| 0:53.1 | Hi. |
| 0:53.6 | It's so nice to be back. Thank you, as always, for allowing me to share the space with you. |
| 0:58.5 | Absolutely. No, I'm so so pleased. And I don't think that any of our questions today will draw upon your expertise outside of just generally thinking about how to treat ourselves and one another well, which I feel like |
| 1:11.9 | is maybe a good thing, because if it did draw upon your expertise, it would mean everybody was in |
| 1:16.2 | worse shape than they are. They were requiring more intervention, more state assistance, |
| 1:21.0 | and it's maybe a good thing that everyone's just trying to, you know, tweak relationships |
| 1:25.4 | around the edges. Totally. I'll take it. Good. I'm glad. |
| 1:28.9 | How are you doing? How are you feeling? Do you feel prepared to advise these people that we have |
| 1:33.8 | before us today? As ready as I'll ever be, I'm a little over caffeinated, which is like unusual for me. |
| 1:39.6 | So I'm like trying to just calm my heart rate a little bit. But yeah, I'm generally feeling okay. I'm just |
| 1:46.4 | really thrilled to be back. And yeah, it's just very special to be on the show again. |
| 1:51.3 | Oh, so please. What's over caffeinated for you? Oh, God. I have like no caffeine tolerance anymore. |
| 1:58.5 | Let's see. I've had like two very large cups of coffee, but my caffeine |
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