146 SelfWork: Your Questions About Perfectly Hidden Depression
It's been Suicide Awareness Week here in the US so I wanted to feature your questions about the well-researched but still largely unrecognized signal for potential suicide risk -- what I term perfectl...
13 Syys 201925min
145 SelfWork: Dealing With the Elephant In The Room: Defending Yourself With Denial, Distraction and Other Defenses
Everyone knows when there's an elephant in the room. It's an event, fact or feeling-- past or present -- that can't, for some mysterious or not so mysterious reason, be acknowledged. It seems impossib...
6 Syys 201925min
144 SelfWork: Three Steps To Creating Motivation That Works
Getting motivated for change and maintaining that change can be tricky business. Willpower. Self-discipline. Focus. All are touted as necessary for achievement of your goals. But where does self-accep...
30 Elo 201924min
143 SelfWork: Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Pt. 2 The Role of Stress and Trauma
Welcome. If you've listened to the previous episode, you know that explaining depression as a "chemical imbalance" is far too simple for such a complex process. Today I'm once again using a very well...
23 Elo 201924min
142 SelfWork: Is Depression Simply A Chemical Imbalance? Part 1
Can depression be explained simply as a chemical imbalance? The answer is a resounding “no.” I’m basing this episode on a very well-written article by a team at Harvard that offers understandable expl...
16 Elo 201923min
141 SelfWork: Mirror Mirror… The Struggle with Body Image
How often to you look in the mirror and wish you saw another reflection there? There are many reasons for this lack of self-acceptance, everything from bullying to aging to irrational thinking and obs...
9 Elo 201924min
140 SelfWork: Why Is Change So Difficult? The Power of Triggers
Even when you want change in your life, it’s hard to give up what’s familiar and risk the unfamiliar. You at least know you can tolerate what’s happening now and change can be daunting. But you can al...
2 Elo 201921min
139 SelfWork: Borderline? Dependent? Narcissistic? What Exactly Is A Personality Disorder?
When you hear the term “personality disorder,” what does that mean? That someone ‘s personality is off-putting or self-destructive? Is it different from mental illness, and if so, how is it different?...
26 Heinä 201926min
