326 SelfWork: Digging Into the Pain of Not Being Accepted By Your Family
This month we’ve been talking about relationships.This week I heard Andrew Solomon speak about his book Far from the Tree – when parents have a child that has some kind of difference from them, and th...
24 Feb 202327min
325 SelfWork: Why You Might Be Blind to The Warning Signs of Narcissism
Today we’re focusing on what mental or emotional issues are connected with being drawn into relationship with someone with narcissistic traits, missing the warning signs that others might sense or see...
17 Feb 202330min
324 SelfWork: How To Make And Keep Friends: A Conversation with Marisa Franco, Author of Platonic
So much research and time and thought goes into romantic love. But what about platonic love – aka friendship? I loved Marisa Franco’s new book entitled Platonic and this interview is one of my favorit...
10 Feb 202343min
323 SelfWork: When You Struggle With Intimacy: What Does Your Attachment Style Have to Do With It?
Seeming coincidences happen to me often, and again this week, something synergistic got my attention. First, I listened to the Invisibilia podcast where they actually featured another NPR podcast, a s...
3 Feb 202326min
322 SelfWork: Understanding The Self-Absorption of Depression and The Damage It Can Do In Relationships
Today we’re focusing on self-absorption – being highly preoccupied with your own concerns, your inner thoughts, or yourself in general. Depression can be viewed as an "implosion of the self" which cre...
27 Jan 202327min
321 SelfWork: When You Feel Guilt Over Wasted Time
First of all, I cannot express how grateful I am to be back and to be healthy. Fear was very much a part of the weeks before my surgery. I had to realize and accept that I wasn’t in control of what mi...
20 Jan 202325min
320 SelfWork: New Trauma Treatments with Guest Host Doc Shauna Springer
I first met Shauna Springer - or Doc Springer as her military clients call her - when I interviewed her for one of her books, Warrior. There was something about her that I really warmed to and now a...
17 Jan 202339min
319 SelfWork: What's Really Going To Make You Happy? A Conversation with Bob Waldinger
Bob Waldinger's publicist used these words to describe him - "warm and humble." That can be hard to find… and I knew I wanted him to be our guest here on SelfWork. He has plenty of things he could cr...
13 Jan 202340min
