Depression and Anxiety Combined: Could It Be Bipolar II Disorder? SelfWork #149
Depression and anxiety turn up in several mental illnesses. Yet when there’s a definite mood cycle — when one energy level of mood becomes apparent, either a too up or too down, and then...
Love, Boundaries and Manipulation: When Love Is Conditional SelfWork #148
We’re talking about love today on SelfWork. Unconditional love often gets the thumbs up as the best or most selfless kind of love to have. Parents certainly want to welcome their children into...
147 SelfWork:”I’m Better Off Being Alone”: Challenging Seven Beliefs That Lead to Depression and Loneliness
Depression is going to be our topic for a few weeks and today, we’re focusing on the cycle of beliefs that can keep you isolated from others — which can serve to fuel your depression....
146 SelfWork: Your Questions About Perfectly Hidden Depression
It’s been Suicide Awareness Week here in the US so I wanted to feature your questions about the well-researched but still largely unrecognized signal for potential suicide risk — what I...
145 SelfWork: Dealing With the Elephant In The Room: Defending Yourself with Denial, Distraction and Other Defenses
Everyone knows when there’s an elephant in the room. It’s an event, fact or feeling– past or present — that can’t, for some mysterious reason (or not so mysterious) be...
144 SelfWork: Three Steps Toward Creating Motivation That Works
Getting motivated for change and maintaining that change can be tricky business. Willpower. Self-discipline. Focus.All are touted as necessary for achievement of your goals. But where does...
143 SelfWork: Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Pt. 2 The Role of Stress and Trauma
Welcome. If you’ve listened to the previous episode (part one of this two-part series), you know that explaining depression as a “chemical imbalance” is far too simple for such a...
142 SelfWork: Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Part 1
Can depression be explained simply as a chemical imbalance? The answer is a resounding “no.” I’m basing this episode on a very well-written article by a team at Harvard that offers...
141 SelfWork: Mirror Mirror… The Struggle with Body Image
How often to you look in the mirror and wish you saw another reflection there? There are many reasons for this lack of self-acceptance, everything from bullying to aging to irrational thinking and...
140 SelfWork: Why Is Change So Difficult? The Power of Triggers
Even when you want change in your life, it’s hard to give up what’s familiar and risk the unfamiliar. You at least know you can tolerate what’s happening now and change can be daunting. But...
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