437 SelfWork: Expectations, Demands and Boundaries: What's the Difference?

Therapy-misspeak – overusing the terms used by psychologists and doctors and therapists – has blown up in recent years. Words that are used in the mental health world to diagnose or describe certain m...

20 Kesä 202523min

Understood.org, a leading resource for people with learning and thinking differences, has launched a new podcast series, Climbing the Walls, a new limited-series investigative podcast. Hosted by healt...

13 Kesä 202543min

Do you know how to heal from an affair? This episode is once again motivated by a wonderful question from a listener. He’s a guy whose been in a relationship for many years – had an affair – or as he...

6 Kesä 202523min

Today's episode is about watching my mother disappear. She wasn't a magician; she didn't physically leave all of us. She disappeared after she very bravely went into rehab and got off the massive amo...

30 Touko 202521min

Do you chat with a bot these days? Is AI feeling like therapy to you? Here's a new "You get the gist" segment of SelfWork! I was surprised the other day by someone saying that – in their battle with...

27 Touko 20253min

Today we’re going to address seven excuses or justifications (or what may be wrongly called “reasons”) how conflict sticks around – and doesn’t get worked through. And we’ll also focus on how to reali...

23 Touko 202523min

In this episode, we’re going to focus on nine very real consequences or dangers of avoiding conflict in partnerships, in marriages, and in committed relationships. It’s a response to a listener’s ques...

16 Touko 202526min

Today on SelfWork, we're talking with a mother and father whose beloved daughter Ella, at age 24, died by suicide. And how they've dedicated their lives to suicide prevention. I was introduced to Mar...

9 Touko 202543min