291- Healing America's Fractured Soul With Phyllis Leavitt

Author: Elias Marty
Published: Mon 28 Jul 2025
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America's mental health crisis extends beyond individuals to our national discourse, creating escalating divisions that threaten our collective well-being and future. Psychotherapist Phyllis Leavitt explains how applying family systems therapy principles to our societal problems could create pathways for healing our fractured nation.

• Mentally healthy people don't want to hurt each other - they seek relationship repair, listening, and taking responsibility rather than blame
• Our political system currently models behaviors we wouldn't tolerate in schools, workplaces, or families
• The win-lose dynamic dominating our politics has reached a dangerous point where our ability to destroy each other threatens our survival
• Immigration issues require examining root causes - people flee homelands due to conditions often influenced by developed nations' interference
• Inside every perpetrator is an unhealed victim - understanding this helps address the true origins of destructive behavior
• Social media algorithms amplify our worst tendencies by feeding us increasingly divisive content based on our engagement patterns
• Small positive actions matter - millions of Americans doing good work represent our potential for healing
• We must choose between being right and having relationships that sustain us
• Concrete suggestion: trained facilitators in Congress could transform political discourse by enforcing basic rules of civil communication

Healing begins with each of us in our own spheres of influence - we can all be better listeners, more compassionate, and committed to repairing relationships rather than winning arguments.

Your host and Phyllis E. Leavitt discuss on how to heal America from chaos and division; starting with the family to American Politicians.

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