SelfWork YGTG: Is Therapy Self-Indulgent?
For today’s YGTG, or “You Get the Gist,” I was pondering what a patient of mine said the other day. He had to struggle a bit with the idea that therapy – for him – felt a little...
241 SelfWork: The Hidden Opponent in College Athletics: A Frank Conversation with Victoria Garrick
The Hidden Opponent is the name of D1 College Athlete Victoria Garrick’s TedTalk. And it’s powerful. Who is she? She’s a former Division I Volleyball Player, TED Talk Speaker and...
240 SelfWork: How Do You Survive… Survivor’s Guilt
It’s been long known in the field of trauma that people who survive a car wreck, a mass shooting, or now, a worldwide viral pandemic – can often struggle with questions about why they survived,...
191 SelfWork (Second Time Around): What Are The Ten Most Common Mental Mistakes?
CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy) is all about discovering your mental mistakes or cognitive distortions – or as the CBT folks say, “Your stinkin thinkin.” And CBT is the most...
129 SelfWork (Second Time Around) Six Tips To Catch and Change Negative Self-Talk
We’re talking self-talk today on SelfWork; What is it? And what can you do about it? A lot of people tell me they kinda “know” what it is, but haven’t a clue how to change it. It feels as if...
152 SelfWork (Second Time Around): Six Exercises to Build Resolve for Change
As I wrote the book Perfectly Hidden Depression, I included over sixty specific exercises that would make reading it more of an emotional challenge, rather than one more chance to analyze. There are...
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 —...
183 SelfWork Second Time Around: Clearing Up Confusion About Perfectly Hidden Depression
During the last week of June 2021 and first full week of July, we’re taking a bit of vacation – my awesome engineer has a fabulous move to make – and I’m getting ready to teach my first course on...
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...
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