163 SelfWork (Second Time Around) Take This Step Toward Self-Compassion
In today’s SelfWork, sponsored by BetterHelp, we’re going to be talking about how to enrich your emotional life through self-compassion. So many people tell me that they don’t know how to begin to...
154 SelfWork (Second Time Around) Four Steps To Kickstart Your Motivation
Depression can steal your sense of vitality. Your “get up and go” or your motivation to reach goals that mean something to you can disappear. It’s called anhedonia —...
239 SelfWork: The Ins And Outs of The Enneagram: A Conversation with Expert Beth McCord
I remember taking the Enneagram years ago – and quite frankly, I got pretty defensive about the results. It’s funny now to think about! “This isn’t me,” I sarcastically...
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...
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