312 SelfWork: Why Not Me? A Conversation with Lessons From the Minivan’s Creator Jill Kaplan
I’ve received many messages from all of you concerning my upcoming surgery. It’s messages like this that make me very determined to get back to this mic as soon as I can… I’m hoping at this point...
311 SelfWork: When Families Are Fractured: Estrangement and Parental Alienation
The term “cancel culture” came to be around 2016 and according to the dictionary, it’s the practice or tendency of engaging in mass canceling as a way of expressing disapproval and exerting social...
310 SelfWork: Maybe It’s Depression. But Maybe It’s Not.
We’re going to talk about labels today – and how the mental health world, its science, its leaders, and its language might be influencing us to over-pathologize what’s normal. Meaning that...
309 SelfWork: How to Stop Emotional Eating and Breathe to Heal: A Conversation with Samantha Skelly
Samantha Skelly was such a vibrant and fascinating guest. She wrote her book several years ago – Hungry for Happiness: Stop Emotional Eating and Start Loving Yourself. And this is what she...
308 SelfWork: Five Takeaways on The Need To Be Right
I began this episode thinking I’d talk about ten things I’d learned from being a therapist. But I realized that almost every one of them could be their own podcast episode! Today we’ll focus on the...
307 SelfWork: (Second Time Around) Explaining Radical Acceptance
Radical acceptance is a termed that describes a way of being – acknowledging the reality of what is happening rather than fighting it emotionally and thus, causing yourself, and perhaps even...
306 SelfWork: (Second Time Around) The What, Why, When, Where, and How of Setting Boundaries
My dad used to say to us as kids, “Your rights end where someone else’s nose begins.” And that’s where I began learning about boundaries. Psychological boundaries are those that define where your...
305 SelfWork: Giving Voice to Depression: A Conversation with Podcast Host Terry McGuire
Terry McGuire is a former broadcast journalist and voiceover talent who has earned a living with her voice for more than four decades. After experiencing her longest and darkest depression, she...
304 SelfWork: Confronting Guilt with Seven Steps of Self-Forgiveness
Today we’re going to talk about guilt and self-forgiveness. Basically there are two forms of guilt. Healthy guilt – or when you feel remorse for something that you did or said or felt – and...
303 SelfWork: What Keeps Suicidal Thoughts Secret? And What Can We Do About It? A Conversation with Grieving Mother and Advocate Erin Gallagher
I’m so delighted to bring you this interview in recognition of Suicide Awareness Month. Why? Erin Gallagher, current interim executive director of This Is My Brave, is going to tell you about the...
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