32. We Marry Our Unfinished Business: A Relationship Therapist on Patterns, Connection, and Starting Over

Unstoppable At Any Age · Oct 29, 2026 · 54m

Kathleen Killen spent years in downtown Toronto working in public relations and marketing, and she was good at it. That was part of the problem.

The work exhausted her in a way she couldn't explain. Then her marriage ended, and she found herself on the kitchen floor, crying for an hour or more. At some point she realized she was the only one who could shift her life. She got up, ate something, went for a walk, returned a few phone calls. Small things. A few years later she was a practicing therapist with a practice that filled up within six months.

I've known Kathleen for more than twenty…