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...
The Gifts Of Vulnerability
Vulnerability is a gift.
Being vulnerable isn’t the same as being scared or admitting defeat. In fact, knowing and accepting it is actually a strength. Why? Because you can get really good at recognizing when those pesky, at times painful vulnerabilities are in action, and how they’re skewing your thinking or your choices.
How To Build Self-Acceptance 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.”...
Taming Your Inner Demons. The Role Of Shame In Perfectly Hidden Depression and 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 short, little book called,”Taming Your...
Why Couldn’t I Have Figured This Out Sooner? Perfectly Hidden Depression in Hindsight
“Why couldn’t I have figured this sooner?” Have you ever said this? If you have, and I bet that you have, you’re in good company. Hindsight is so much more clear. And no...
Binge-Watching Grace and Frankie? Get Ready to Face Your Fears
Binge-watching Netflix, or binge-watching anything really, had never sounded appealing. But that was before I started writing a book and desperately needed something to distract me from my own...
Three Hurdles in the Fight With the Black Dog of Depression
Depression. It has many ways that it can be created — years of abuse, a debilitating illness, a child with a drug problem, divorce, the death of someone you love, neglect, bullying,...
094 SelfWork: Challenging and Changing the Rules and Beliefs That Lead to Depression
What is the relationship between rules and beliefs and how do they affect whether or not you’re depressed? Today I’m going to pull from cognitive-behavioral and family systems therapy to...
091 SelfWork: Healing Shame Through Mindfulness
Today we’re talking about mindfulness and how to use this practice to address your own tendencies toward shame and perfectionism. This episode is sponsored by Audible.com and there’s a free...
Catching Your Perfectionism and Shame — The Art of Mindfulness
There’s a lot of talk these days about mindfulness. What exactly is mindfulness and how can being mindful help someone catch their perfectionism and shame? A lot of folks hear the word...
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