236 SelfWork: The Fierce Search for Self-Understanding: The Me I Cannot See
There’s a fierce search out there to get yourself, to know who you are and how you impact others. It’s why assessments like the Myers-Briggs and the Enneagram are so popular. And how...
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...
SelfWork YGTG: Maybe Women Don’t Really “Suffer” From Imposter Syndrome?
Hello and welcome to another five minute interlude or what we call You Get The Gist! YGTG. Today I’m revealing some new thoughts about imposter syndrome – I did an episode on it now years ago. But...
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...
What Pushes Your Buttons? How To Manage Your Insecurity
From the first to about the eighth grade, while the other kids were socializing at lunch, my mom picked me up so I could go home and rest. I had a neurological problem that made it dangerous for me...
226 SelfWork: 10 Things About Being A Good Therapist I Learned… From Being In Therapy
As many of you know, I was a professional singer before I began my journey to become a therapist and a psychologist. The only thing I knew about therapy was that I’d had lots of it and had never...
224 SelfWork: 7 Steps Out of Enmeshment and Into A More Solid Sense of Self
In today’s episode, sponsored by BetterHelp, we’ll be talking about enmeshment. It sometimes can be confused with codependency, terms which some use interchangeably. We’ll focus on not...
214 SelfWork: Three Ways to Govern Your Emotions (Rather Than Them Governing You)
If there’s ever been a time when we need to manage our emotions, it’s now. None of us are sure what these next few months will bring – or even 2021 – and that’s true on many fronts. So this week’s...
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.”...
Five Surprising Ways To Help Your New Years Resolution Stick
As you look forward to a new year and the hope that it brings, especially after a year which brought with it so much pain and uncertainty, you may be jotting down New Year’s resolutions. After...
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