Uploaded October 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Happy Halloween! What’s your favorite childhood Halloween movie?

Licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and filmmaker Alan Seawright take a look at Hocus Pocus and three ways the Sanderson Sisters model magical (healthy) families and three ways they model cursed (unhealthy) families. And they discuss the great balance of slapstick humor and Halloween-y fright.

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Written by: Megan Seawright, Jonathan Decker, and Alan Seawright
Produced by: Jonathan Decker, Megan Seawright, Alan Seawright, and Corinne Demyanovich
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