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Back to SearchEp. 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…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 102: Interview with Endurance Coach Travis Macy about the Driven Personality
Episode 102
This is an extended interview in which endurance athlete, coach, and podcaster Travis Macy asks me about the driven personality and broader questions…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation
Episode 101
This essay explores how perfectionist and obsessive-compulsive personalities construct “fortresses” to avoid humiliation, embarrassment, and shame. T…
5 months ago
Ep. 100: How a Goddess Became a Modern Disease: Ananke, OCPD, & the Need for Control
Episode 100
Carl Jung famously wrote that the gods have become diseases. What he meant was that because we no longer consciously acknowledge the powerful forces …
5 months, 1 week ago
Ep. 99: From Alienation to Connection: Healing the Spiritual Side Effects of Compulsive Perfectionism
Episode 99
Explore how compulsive perfectionism creates alienation, and the science-backed benefits of as sense of connection to something larger than yourself.…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT
Episode 98
To make a dent in the pile of material you might feel you have to read to be up on the most recent developments in mental health, here's a practical …
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 97: 3 Reasons You're Having Anxiety Dreams
Episode 97
Anxiety dreams may seem simply like a nuisance at first glance. But slow down and pay attention and you might find they have something to tell you ab…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 96: 4 Tools to Help Obsessives Move Past Creative Blocks
Episode 96
Creativity may be one of the most fulfilling activities we have. Unless it’s blocked. Then the desire to be creative can feel like torture. But there…
8 months ago
Ep. 95: No Laughing Matter: What Being So Serious Does to Your Life
Episode 95
Seriousness is an occupational hazard for obsessive-compulsives, Type A's and perfectionists. Being serious can hurt relationships, mental health and…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Ep. 94: 2 Novels About Perfectionists Sure to Entertain and Inspire You
Episode 94
What happens when a rigid devotion to rules, order, and perfection replaces our ability to feel, connect, and live? In this episode, we explore two …
9 months, 3 weeks ago