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Back to SearchEp. 42: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: A Disorder of Priorities
Episode 42
Take a moment to step back and look at the big picture of your life. Too often we lose track and lose our way, allowing defenses, habits, and behavio…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 41: How to Let Go Without Giving Up
Episode 41
Letting go and giving up are near enemies: one is healthy while the other might try to look like it's healthy, but really isn't. Letting go frees us …
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 40: How to Keep Psychological Hoarding from Crowding Your Mind and Blocking Fulfillment
Episode 40
We're all equipped to hold on to the things that ground our lives and give them meaning. But that tool is too often enlisted in ways that do neither.…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 39: What is shame and What is the Best Way to Deal with It?
Episode 39
The effects of shame can be seen all around us--largely in people's attempts to avoid it. If not confronted directly, shame can lead us to either wit…
2 years, 5 months ago
Ep. 38: The Battle for the Mind of the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality: Growth Mindset Vs. Fixed Mindset
Episode 38
The obsessive-compulsive personality can make you rigid, or it can be enlisted for healthy change. Fixed mindset can get you stuck while growth minds…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 37: Want to Be Certain? Don't Be So Sure
Episode 37
We all like to be right. But our need to be right can get us into wrong because it can lead to self-deception and rationalization. The more convinced…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 36: Enough Already. Why You Need to Know that You Are Enough. Already.
Episode 36
Believing that we are somehow insufficient often leads us to work too hard, try too hard and think too hard. Enough of that. This episode explores th…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 35: Psychotherapy for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality
Episode 35
Getting help for perfectionism, control issues, work addiction, and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) isn't easy, but it can be life-c…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 34: How to Get Your Compulsive Drive to Work for You
Episode 34
What if you had been taken over by a part of your personality, a part of your personality that was meant to help you, but had become a tyrant? Join u…
2 years, 6 months ago
Ep. 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, 7 months ago