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Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

Episode 362

Lori Gottlieb (IG: @lorigottlieb_author) is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, which is being turned into a television series.

In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic's weekly "Dear Therapist" advice column and contributes regularly to The New York Times and many other publications.

Lori's recent TED Talk is one of the top 10 most watched of the year, and she is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and NPR's "Fresh Air."

Lori has a new iHeart Radio podcast, produced by Katie Couric, called Dear Therapists.

In this episode, we discuss:

How to land your kids in therapy
Learning how to sit with your feelings
Why Lori decided to write about the human condition
How you see yourself clearly in other people's stories
The relationship that blindsided Lori
Idiot compassion vs. wise compassion
The vantage point of a therapist
Lori's unexplained medical symptoms brushed off as a psychological issue
Why Lori was hiding her health issue from her loved ones
Living with an undiagnosed autoimmune condition
Don't take life for granted
Pay attention to the present moment
Stop engaging in unproductive anxiety
Numbness isn't nothingness
We should talk more to one another
The meaning of true vulnerability
Give people the opportunity to understand us
Nobody gets through life without struggle
Goodbye is not the end

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Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone