213 SelfWork: Continuing the Convo About Your Struggles in Therapy
Thank you to so many of you who contacted me these past two or three weeks! This week’s episode is a conversation – not literally – but I’ve heard from so many of you about the last couple of...
212 SelfWork: Pros and Cons of People Pleasing
Wow. Sometimes when I pick a subject for SelfWork, I have to dig deep to find research that I can bring that will add clarity or give you what’s new out there on the subject. People pleasing? There...
211 SelfWork: A Conversation with Anxiety Slayer’s Shann Vander Leek
Here’s a bonus episode for you during the holidays! I couldn’t think of a better guest than Shann Vander Leek. She’s the cohost of the extremely popular podcast AnxietySlayer and the website...
210 SelfWork: When How and Why You Should Leave Therapy… Or Not
Today’s SelfWork, sponsored by BetterHelp, focuses on why, how and why you might choose to end therapy, or more concisely, to leave a particular therapist. We’ll cover some...
209 SelfWork: Three Questions To Ask Before You Trust Your Gut
I’d planned to do this episode of SelfWork on developing trust in others. But as I researched the question, I realized that first, you have to make sure you can trust your own decision-making....
SelfWork YGTG (You Get the Gist…) What’s Emotional Bandwidth?
YGTG is five minutes of jam-packed info about one concept or idea or behavior – and today it’s about emotional bandwidth. People are using the term emotional bandwidth to reveal that...
208 SelfWork: “Is It Worth It?” When Rumination Drags You Down A Rabbit Hole
Sometimes my own life offers a topic to me; I was definitely struggling to not be dragged down by my own rumination this past weekend. So many of us are spending hours worrying about Covid,...
207 SelfWork: How to Break Away From Emotional Paralysis
Challenging your assumptions can lead to remarkable change – and a break from intense emotional paralysis. On SelfWork today, sponsored by BetterHelp, we’re going to talk about doing the...
206 SelfWork: What Dreams Are Made Of
Whether or not you believe that dreams have meaning (and almost half of Americans think that’s true…), you probably have had many types of dreams. Today, in another episode sponsored by BetterHelp,...
205 SelfWork: How to Build Your Own Self-Confidence
A few weeks ago, a patient looked at me and said, “I realized that what I needed – I’d had all along. It’s like the ruby red slippers. You simply have to know their power and your own...
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