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Martha Manning, Ph.D.

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Age of Empathy

The (Irish) Heathen in Me Tries to Pray

The world is in ashes, and I don't know what to do

Apr 1

The (Irish) Heathen in Me Tries to Pray

Apr 1

Published in
Invisible Illness

The Stigma We Inflict on Ourselves

And the affirmation that we share to reject it

Mar 25

The Stigma We Inflict on Ourselves

Mar 25

Published in
Age of Empathy

Second String Grandparents

The 4000 miles that keep us from our granddaughter are too damn far

Mar 24

little girl on the beach with a dog

Mar 24

Published in
The Narrative Arc

Seventh Grade Sensuality

There’s nothing like fulfilling the promise of discovery

Mar 22

young male kisses young female on cheek

Mar 22

Published in
The Narrative Arc

Time Flies When You’re Growing Up

Have we wasted precious time in our marriage?

Mar 11

Two people in jeans from thigh down in green path down to water

Mar 11

Published in
ILLUMINATION

Don’t Accept the Answers If You’re Not Allowed to Ask the Questions

Questions are a critical means of maintaining control over chaos

Mar 6

Don’t Accept the Answers If You’re Not Allowed to Ask the Questions

Mar 6

Published in
Invisible Illness

Coming Back

My recurrent mental illness means that I get lost a lot, but sometimes I manage to find my way home

Mar 4

Coming Back

Mar 4

Published in
The Narrative Arc

The Snow, the Pope and My Sister

The strangest moments in the present can land you right back to the past

Feb 23

child making snow angel

Feb 23

Published in
Unfaithful: Perspectives on the Third-Party Relationship

There’s No One Perfect Couple’s Therapy

And it’s a terrible idea to try to do it yourselves

Feb 16

There’s No One Perfect Couple’s Therapy

Feb 16

Published in
Age of Empathy

When It Comes to Love, I Believe in Signs

Deep in my past, they point my heart towards the future

Feb 13

Photo of two sets of legs, on the left a woman in a white dress and white high heels, on the right a man wearing brown oxfords and gray pants with green socks

Feb 13

Martha Manning, Ph.D.

Martha Manning, Ph.D.

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Dr. Martha Manning is a writer and clinical psychologist, author of Undercurrents and Chasing Grace. Depression sufferer. Mother. Growing older under protest.

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