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...
085 SelfWork: Six Hurdles to Confronting Perfectionism and Perfectly Hidden Depression
Perfectionism is one of the chief traits of Perfectly Hidden Depression. We’re going to be talking about confronting perfectionism – the first thing is to realize you’re not going to do it...
Perfectly Hidden Depression and The Suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain
Kate Spade was renowned for her taste and rock star creativity. A whole generation of women were caught up in carrying her bags or wearing her latest garb. It sounds as if she was a genuine, caring...
060 SelfWork: Unmasking The Pain Of Perfectly Hidden Depression
As promised, today’s episode is about peeling off the mask of Perfectly Hidden Depression (PHD). Thousands of you have listened to the episodes on PHD, and I’d love to hear from you...
Perfectly Hidden Depression: How To Take Off The Mask Of Perfectionism
Perfectionism. Over-responsibility. Discounting painful emotion or past trauma. Chastising yourself if you’re not counting your blessings. Always being there for others, but sharing very...
057 SelfWork: The Real Voices Of Perfectly Hidden Depression
Perfectly Hidden Depression (PHD) is a topic I’ve been researching and writing about for over three years, and many people have written me about their own experience with the syndrome. In...
What Are We Teaching Our Children About Vulnerability?
I’d like to talk about something that may be hard. I want to talk about depression — and what we may be teaching our children about revealing vulnerability. Or not teaching them. Lots of...
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