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Ep. 112: Break Free from the “Shoulds”: How Old Soul and Young Soul Archetypes Can Run Your Life
Episode 112
There are both among us and within us young souls and old souls. Some of them fulfilled and some of them unfulfilled. Typically, people with obsessi…
6 months ago
Ep. 111: Your Outdated, Risk‑Averse Comfort Zone Is a Prison — Chuck It
Episode 111
Risk aversion once kept us alive. Today, it often keeps us trapped. Drawing on evolutionary psychology, personality theory, and clinical experience, …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 110: The Hidden Wisdom of the Compulsive Personality
Episode 110
Compulsive traits are often judged as rigid or unhealthy, but they originate in qualities that once helped humans survive. This essay reframes compul…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 109: 5 Steps to Respond to an OCPD Diagnosis
Episode 109
Receiving an OCPD diagnosis can leave you unsure where to begin, but the traits that once fueled rigidity and perfectionism can also support meaningf…
7 months, 1 week ago
Ep: 108: A Dog's Eye View of OCPD
Episode 108
A Husky narrates a compassionate, humorous, and perceptive account of living with a human who has obsessive‑compulsive personality disorder traits. T…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 107: Waking Up from the Strange Comfort of the Obsessive-Compulsive Dream
Episode 107
What if the machine controlling your life isn’t out there—but inside you? Using The Matrix as a lens, this post exposes how maladaptive obsessive‑com…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 106: Marriage Is Not for Sissies: Courage, Projection, and Projective Identification
Episode 106
It takes courage to make a relationship work. The courage to admit you’re wrong. The courage to persist when you’re right. The courage to take chance…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 105: Quieting the False Alarms of "Not Just Right Experiences"
Episode 105
Ever felt like something was “just not right” even when nothing is wrong? Psychologists call these Not Just Right Experiences (NJREs)—a subtle but po…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 104: Befriending Adaptive Perfectionism: From Villain to Ally
Episode 104
We’ve got perfectionism all wrong. The real problem isn’t high standards—it’s the illusion of perfectibility and harsh judgment that have been grafte…
9 months ago
Ep. 103: 7 Vexing Questions & Encouraging Answers for Therapists Who Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
Episode 103
Explore practical insights and nuanced strategies for working with clients who have obsessive-compulsive personality traits. Drawing on 33 years of e…
9 months, 3 weeks ago