The world feels heavy in a way that's hard to put language to. There is noise and division and fear, and beneath it all, a quiet ache that feels like it's asking for something more than an argument or a strategy.

Psychotherapist and author Phyllis Leavitt joins Sana on Cosmic Confluence with a quieter, more hopeful question: what if the symptoms we see in the world around us are actually a call for help? And what if healing, the kind we've been learning to do inside ourselves, is exactly what's being asked of us collectively?

About the Guest:

Phyllis Leavitt is a psychotherapist with over 30 years of experience, now focused on writing and speaking. Based in Taos, New Mexico, she is the author of three books including her most recent, America in Therapy: A New Approach to Hope and Healing for a Nation in Crisis, and two books on her own healing journey, A Light in the Darkness and Into the Fire.

Key Takeaways:

• In Phyllis's view, symptomatic behaviors in society, just as in children, are a call for help from a system that is hurting.
• Healing isn't just personal; the same principles that restore individuals and families can, she believes, apply to a nation.
• We have an aversion to pain in Western culture; Phyllis sees that aversion as one of the things standing between us and real change.
• Vulnerability isn't weakness; it takes strength to say "I'm in pain and I need help."
• You don't need a platform or a million followers to matter; one act of genuine kindness ripples forward in ways you may never see.

Connect With the Guest:

Website: phyllisleavitt.com (books, newsletter, two free offerings: Six Elements of Repair and Conflict Type identifier)

Social: LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X(Twitter)

Free E-book version of America in Therapy - https://dl.bookfunnel.com/jmojiae7eq

Episode Chapters: (approx.)

[00:00] The world feels heavy and it's hard to name why

[01:11] Welcoming Phyllis: thirty years of listening to what hurts

[05:00] When children's symptoms are a cry for the family around them

[08:30] Translating that lens to a nation in crisis

[14:00] America at 250: the healing that's still unfinished

[17:00] Negative beliefs, coping mechanisms, and uncovering the essential self

[22:00] Vulnerability as strength, not weakness

[26:30] One act of kindness and the ripple you'll never see

[29:00] Where to find Phyllis and her work

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