310 SelfWork: Maybe It’s Depression. But Maybe It’s Not.
We’re going to talk about labels today – and how the mental health world, its science, its leaders, and its language might be influencing us to over-pathologize what’s normal. Meaning that you can come to believe something is sick or wrong or abnormal when...309 SelfWork: How to Stop Emotional Eating and Breathe to Heal: A Conversation with Samantha Skelly
Samantha Skelly was such a vibrant and fascinating guest. She wrote her book several years ago – Hungry for Happiness: Stop Emotional Eating and Start Loving Yourself. And this is what she says about it: This book is how I turned my mess into my message. The...308 SelfWork: Five Takeaways on The Need To Be Right
I began this episode thinking I’d talk about ten things I’d learned from being a therapist. But I realized that almost every one of them could be their own podcast episode! Today we’ll focus on the first – not in importance, but the first that came to mind – perhaps...307 SelfWork: (Second Time Around) Explaining Radical Acceptance
Radical acceptance is a termed that describes a way of being – acknowledging the reality of what is happening rather than fighting it emotionally and thus, causing yourself, and perhaps even others, more suffering. I very much like a Carl Rogers quote that Tara...306 SelfWork: (Second Time Around) The What, Why, When, Where, and How of Setting Boundaries
My dad used to say to us as kids, “Your rights end where someone else’s nose begins.” And that’s where I began learning about boundaries. Psychological boundaries are those that define where your own personal limits are as to what is emotionally harmful, and what is...Dr. Margaret’s Book Now Available!
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