From SGI USA, I'm Cassidy Bradford, and this is bootability.

The weekly series where I talk with Buddhists from all walks of life about the power we each have to change our lives and the world around us.

Whether it's a holiday party at your workplace, a big family dinner, or New Year's Eve with friends, you're bound to have some friction with someone this holiday season.

Why is it that some relationships just feel so hard?

And is there anything we can actually do to change them?

Today, I'm speaking with three mental health professionals about how to cultivate healthy and fulfilling relationships,

whether romantic, familial, friendly.

Together, they discussed both the therapeutic and Buddhist perspectives on common relationship challenges.

And in a twist that is probably not shocking to many of you, they go hand in hand.

All right, hope you enjoy.

Welcome everyone to bootability, a very special episode. We've been doing these special topic episodes. And today's episode is about

relationships. And all of you work in mental health fields and have lots of professional and

personal experience that you can apply to this topic. And of course, you all practice Buddhism as

well. So we're going to be talking about like the connection between those things.

What does Buddhism say?

What are therapeutic perspectives?

How do they overlap?

Maybe what is different.

So just to get things started so everybody gets to know you guys.

I'll have you each introduce yourself.

And then you can share just why you got started in the mental health

profession so I think maybe I'll have a Porvi start sure and thank you for having us Cassidy

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