131. Sarah #40: Doing Your Personal Best

131. Sarah #40: Doing Your Personal Best

Sarah acknowledges being in a constant battle with herself because of how she wants to hear feedback from others for things she has done. She has a hard time accepting praise; and, she doesn't mind constructive criticism if it helps her grow. Doug helps her make sense of getting comfortable without having feedback be the validation. Doug and Kenzie break down external versus internal validation and the drive to be perfect versus doing your personal best. They discuss what it is to be good enough and how "meets expectations" isn't a negative thing. Striving for perfection is about doing your best, which can be "good enough" if we allow it to be. However, many of us feel that we're not doing enough unless something is done perfectly, especially when there's a historical experience of criticism and an internal voice in our head constantly criticizing us. What does doing your personal best mean to you? Can that be good enough or does it need to be perfect? Doug's Group Therapy Practice YMB Webpage Join us on Social Media:

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110. Sarah #28: Tears and Hugs Are Not Enough

110. Sarah #28: Tears and Hugs Are Not Enough

Sarah shares memories and scenes that are coming up now from her past as a child growing up in the Children of God cult. Since being in therapy, she is putting pieces of her past together with new per...

2 Maalis 202342min

109. Drew #89: Trusting the Process

109. Drew #89: Trusting the Process

Drew is not forcing a change externally to feel better internally, having recently come out of a depressive episode. Doug reflects that he might be feeling better in part because he's allowing himself...

23 Helmi 202345min

108. Sarah #27: Willful Blindness

108. Sarah #27: Willful Blindness

Sarah explores how impactful it was to not have someone that at least tried to protect her as a child growing up in a cult. Doug reinforces the concept that she's now re-parenting herself when she unc...

16 Helmi 202340min

107. Drew #88: Milemarkers, I Love 'Em!

107. Drew #88: Milemarkers, I Love 'Em!

Drew is finding his groove again after a three month depressive episode. We highlight "inter-dependence" in his relationships right now in contrast to the people pleasing and co-dependence that marked...

9 Helmi 202336min

106. Sarah #26: Curiosity vs. Correction

106. Sarah #26: Curiosity vs. Correction

Sometimes feeling misunderstood can lead to self-realization. Ouch, Meredith! Sarah sees herself objectively after hearing Mer's reaction to her from an earlier session. This leads Sarah to explore he...

2 Helmi 202340min

105. Drew #86-87: Through Turbulence and Safe in the Unknown

105. Drew #86-87: Through Turbulence and Safe in the Unknown

Doug recaps the lost audio from session #86 with Drew comparing his depressive episode to turbulence on an airplane, and how we can manage our way through it. In the current session #87, Drew reflects...

23 Marras 202232min

104. Sarah #25: How Does This Hand Turkey Represent You?

104. Sarah #25: How Does This Hand Turkey Represent You?

Sarah attends a memorial for her cousin and is triggered at the service by seeing an abuser from her past in the cult. She is able to compartmentalize in the moment, let it out later with her family, ...

17 Marras 202240min

103. Sarah #24: Stop and Breathe

103. Sarah #24: Stop and Breathe

Sarah is feeling overwhelmed with a lot of little things stressing her out and one big thing coming up – her cousin's memorial. Doug helps Sarah stop and breathe, so she can acknowledge and process so...

3 Marras 202255min

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