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Back to SearchEp. 33: Does Avoidant Attachment Cause Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?
Episode 33
How comfortable you feel with people can affect whether personality traits such as perfectionism and a need for order and control are used in a healt…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 32: How to Tame Your Tyrannical Guilt Complex
Episode 32
Guilt complexes can be limiting, disturbing, and suffocating. But they can also keep us out of trouble. Join us for an exploration of how to make you…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 31 The Origins of OCPD: Genes, Environment, and the Two Other Factors Most People Don’t Consider
Episode 31
Ever wonder how you got to be who you are? And what you would need to do to change? The answer is not as simple as it's often made out to be. Join us…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 30: Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
Episode 30
The need to turn chaos into order is one of the deepest narratives of the obsessive-compulsive personality. Based on an ancient story found in many o…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 29: Self-Compassion: The Evidenced-Based Antidote to Maladaptive Perfectionism
Episode 29
Self-compassion has now been shown to be very effective in raising self-worth without the dangers that perfectionism can cause. Having compassion for…
2 years, 2 months ago
Ep. 28: Four Keys to Handling Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety and Fear
Episode 28
How you handle anxiety is one of the main factors that determine whether your obsessive-compulsive personality works for you or against you. Most peo…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 27: Work Engagement, Work Addiction and Work Burnout
Episode 27
Work can be a nightmare or one of the most satisfying aspects of our lives--depending on our motivation and attitude toward it. If it is a source of …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 26: The Triggers that Lead to Unhealthy Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior
Episode 26
Even once you've begun to channel your obsessive-compulsive tendencies more constructively, you will be faced with triggers, circumstances that have …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 25: Why Compulsives Need Mastery in Their Lives
Episode 25
An undervalued aspect of human personality, mastery motivation can lead to fulfillment if well-integrated, or addictions and depression if not. IN th…
2 years, 3 months ago
Ep. 24: What Are You Trying to Prove By Being So Good?
Episode 24
Proving yourself is, on the one hand, part of our social makeup, but it can also backfire if we neglect our true self to impress others. It can lead …
2 years, 4 months ago