Knowing What You Know Today – Would You Still Marry Your Partner?
One of the seeming discoveries from this pandemic has been increased clarity about the state of your primary relationship. The two of you have had to face loss, ambiguity, fear, financial strain, difficult parenting decisions, all while spending much more time together than perhaps ever before....
199 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Trauma Bonding – When Trust Is Manipulated and Destroyed
Here’s our last Second Time Around until we’re back in the saddle in a few days! And we’re so looking forward to what’s ahead in 2022! What’s a trauma bond? How does it form? Why is it important for that dynamic to have its own label or name? Trauma bonding happens...
265 SelfWork: How To Self-Soothe: Stop Bottling Things Up And Shoving Them Away
I’m so delighted to be back with you in 2022! Happy New Year to all of you as we continue to work for you here on the podcast! We are growing by leaps and bounds so a huge thank you to all of you who’ve been sharing and telling your friends about your experience. Please subscribe wherever you...
116 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Do You Have Perfectly Hidden or High Functioning Depression?
Hello and welcome again to SelfWork! We’ve got one more week until we’re back live! But I’ve chosen some of the most popular episodes to listen to a second time around! And of course, today’s episode is one very close to my heart. What’s the difference, or is there one,...
166 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Four Ways to Find Your Way Back to Love
Starting off in a new year, knowing it’ll be filled with both challenge and celebration, it helps to think you have a solid partnership in your life. But if you have conflict or estrangement or alienation within your relationship, facing a new year can be more than daunting and certainly...
205 SelfWork (Second Time Around): How To Build Your Self-Confidence
Here we are on the cusp of 2022 today! And many of you will be trying once again to have a New Years resolution. I’m not a huge fan of those but building self-confidence would certainly be a worthy one! In this second time around for this episode, as my team and I take a break during the...
143 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Pt. 2.
This is our second “Second Time Around” SelfWork episode as the team takes the holidays off (and I work on Book #2!) I loved this series on the most recent research on depression and what it indicates are the diverse potential sources or “reasons” for someone to experience...
142 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Pt. 1
This is our first “Second Time Around” SelfWork episode as we take the holidays off (and I work on Book #2!) I loved this series on the most recent research on depression and what it indicates are the diverse potential sources or “reasons” for someone to experience...
The Ten Characteristics of Perfectly Hidden Depression
I’ve been writing for three years now about a syndrome called Perfectly Hidden Depression.
These are people who are inwardly struggling with depression, at times severe depression. But others would never guess that they were. They can act both intentionally, but also unconsciously, to deny and avoid pain or suffering. And they do it quite well. In fact, perfectly.
264 SelfWork: Enmeshment, Maternal Sexual Abuse, Having Feelings for Your Therapist: Your Questions, My Answers
Today, I wanted to take the time before 2021 ends to answer a few more or your email questions. Your questions are so good, it’s hard not to answer them all! Today’s subjects are enmeshment, developing feelings for your therapist, maternal sexual abuse, and getting multiple forms of therapy at...
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