The Hottest Winter Accessory Is ‘Emotional Space’

A therapist’s advice for how to create some distance from other people’s problems — even when you’re stuck with them 24/7

Kathleen Smith
Forge
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4 min readOct 16, 2020

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As the coming pandemic winter forces us all to live even more fully at home, you may find yourself struggling more than ever to carve out your own emotional space. One person’s…

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Kathleen Smith
Forge
Writer for

Kathleen Smith is a therapist and author of the book Everything Isn’t Terrible: Conquer Your Insecurities, Interrupt Your Anxiety, and Finally Calm Down.