081 SelfWork: When Sexual Abuse Happens at Home — The Choice to Confront
When sexual abuse occurs within a family, it can wreak mental, physical and emotional damage for the victim that’s complicated to heal. The stats tell us that 34% of cases of child sexual abuse occur ...
15 Jun 201819min
080 SelfWork: Kate Spade. Anthony Bourdain. Are We Asking The Right Questions?
Today’s podcast is in response to what has been a more than difficult week for many who looked up to and followed these two celebrities, Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain. If you are one of them, or cer...
14 Jun 201817min
079 SelfWork: Perfectly Hidden. An Interview with Stuart Walker
Stuart Walker is a friend to all, the owner of two successful gyms in Arkansas, and a dad and father of three children, two of whom have autism and one with other disabilities and significant physical...
8 Jun 201827min
078 SelfWork: Five Not-So-Simple Steps Toward Self-Forgiveness
“How can I forgive myself?” is a question I hear often as a therapist. We all can do things that we find more than difficult to forgive ourselves for, hurting people we care about or making a mistake ...
1 Jun 201822min
077 SelfWork: Confronting Negativity And “Feeling Stuck” In Depression
When you’re trying to move out of depression, negativity and “feeling stuck” — feeling hopeless about change — can be your worst enemies. How do you get your energy going outward instead of imploding ...
25 Mai 201820min
076 SelfWork: 10 Ways To Survive Infertility Treatment
Infertility treatment can be an exhausting and lonely journey. I went through it myself, and was blessed to conceive a son through in vitro fertilization. In today’s podcast, I’ll offer ten things tha...
18 Mai 201825min
075 SelfWork: Interview with StigmaFighter’s Founder Sarah Fader
Sarah Fader, author, blogger and staunch warrior in the fight for education and openness about mental illness, is my first guest on SelfWork. Her work was featured in a powerful piece on The Washingto...
11 Mai 201829min
074 SelfWork: Depression and The Unpredictability of Suicide
Today on SelfWork, we’re going to be looking at research asking the question is suicide predictable. There is also controversy about whether or not it’s preventable – I recently had a mom whose daught...
4 Mai 201821min
