235 SelfWork: Toxic Positivity Versus Gratitude – What Are Its Dangers?
In today’s episode of SelfWork, we’ll focus on toxic positivity and how it’s very different from gratitude. I was motivated by an intriguing interview I heard on the podcast...
Are You Depressed And No One Knows It But You? Five Steps to Unmask Depression.
Depression wears many faces. Far too often, no one can see it because it doesn’t look like classic depression; instead it’s cloaked beneath the facade of the perfect-looking life. The...
How To Deal With The Fear Of Judgment: The Gifts of Vulnerability
When I first moved back to Arkansas, there were facts about my life I didn’t want others to know. I’d grown up in a small town in southern Arkansas, where everybody knew everything about...
Depression And Perfectly Hidden Depression: The Dramatic Difference
Perhaps you, or someone you love, has taken The Beck Depression Inventory. It’s a very well-known questionnaire that’s often used to determine if someone meets the criteria for...
Taming Your Inner Demons. The Role Of Shame: One Question That Helps
I was in therapy a good deal in my twenties and early thirties, and most of the work had to do with shame. A therapist once suggested I read a book called,”Taming Your Gremlins.” It...
220 SelfWork: Careers That Kill: A Conversation with Dr. Adam Hill
This is the first in a series here on SelfWork about careers that can kill. Over the next few months, we’re going to interview people who are led to careers that hold within them the...
SelfWork YGTG (You Get the Gist): Why Exactly Did I Write A Book?
Writing a book is the hardest and most labor-intensive task I’ve ever accomplished. And sometimes, while I was deep in the throws of its creation, I would wonder why I was doing it, even...
216 SelfWork: Is Your Life Picture Perfect Or Truly Happy?
How much do you count on people “liking” or “following” you or the videos you put on Instagram, FB or TikTok? And are you really happy or does your life appear to others as...
215 SelfWork: Ten Fears You Choose to Face When You Risk Giving Up Control
Today’s podcast is one that, if you’ve been listening to SelfWork for a while, you know that this topic has been my own personal passion – as it’s closely aligned with my work on perfectly hidden...
Why Self-Acceptance Is Crucial When You’re Fighting Depression
What does depression feel like? Andrew Solomon, a journalist and author who has suffered with severe depression wrote, “The opposite of depression isn’t happiness, but vitality.”...
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