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Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More Decisive

Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More Decisive

Oct 24, 2024

True Confidence is not confidence that you’ll get the decision right and everything will work out just fine and dandy, but that you’ll be able to handle whatever comes up—including your anxiety.

4 Lessons Perfectionists Learn When They Befriend the Archetype of the Fool

4 Lessons Perfectionists Learn When They Befriend the Archetype of the Fool

Jun 18, 2024

My approach to psychotherapy includes the removal and reduction of symptoms, and, at least as...

How to Build a Foundation That Prevents Imposter Syndrome

How to Build a Foundation That Prevents Imposter Syndrome

May 28, 2024

Building a solid foundation of basic respect, and furnishing it with self-compassion will diminish imposter syndrome. Rather than splitting yourself between how you look and how you feel, image yourself as whole, congruent and harmonious, all parts embraced by consciousness. Then you’re ready to face those challenges that are only partly in your control. 

Demand Resistance: What It Is, What Drives It, and How It Serves or Cheats Us

Demand Resistance: What It Is, What Drives It, and How It Serves or Cheats Us

May 7, 2024

Imagine a couple going through fertility treatment. They’re expected to make love at certain times...

Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Feb 6, 2024

Psychiatrist Carl Jung liked to ask people, and I am paraphrasing lightly, “But then what...

The Compulsive Thinker-Planner: Obsessive Procrastinator or Productive Visionary?

The Compulsive Thinker-Planner: Obsessive Procrastinator or Productive Visionary?

Dec 19, 2023

This is the last in a series of four posts describing in greater detail four...

The Compulsive Worker-Doer: Destined for Burnout or Fulfillment?

The Compulsive Worker-Doer: Destined for Burnout or Fulfillment?

Nov 21, 2023

This is the second in a series of four posts describing four different types of...

Who’s in Charge? You or Your Inflated Rogue Ego?

Who’s in Charge? You or Your Inflated Rogue Ego?

Sep 12, 2023

You are not your Ego.  No matter how big it’s become. As psychologists use the...

What Inspiration Can Do for Us and Why We Won’t Let It

What Inspiration Can Do for Us and Why We Won’t Let It

Jul 27, 2023

(Available in audio format at Apple and Spotify.) In the project of becoming a healthier...

Delaying Gratification: The Good, The Bad, and the Downright Dangerous

Delaying Gratification: The Good, The Bad, and the Downright Dangerous

Apr 30, 2023

Some people just don’t know when to have a good time.  They habitually put off...

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As much as 13% of the population has alexithymia, difficulty in knowing and saying what you feel. Perhaps better expressed as the unspeaking heart. And it's especially common in people with obsessive. e-compulsive personality traits. Learn more about causes, results and solutions at the Healthy Compulsive Project Podcast.
The most common dream I've seen in my 35 years of practice as a psychotherapist and Jungian psychoanalyst is the the exam anxiety dream--dreaming that you're back in school and unprepared for an exam. What's this about? #dreams #anxiety #Jung #ocpd #obsessive-compulsive Find out more at www.thehealthycompulsive.com
Anxiety is simply unnamed fear. Take it deeper, name the fear, and, while it may not disappear, it will not rule your life. Find out more by listening to The Healthy Compulsive Project Podcast episode 49. #anxiety #fear #OCPD #obsessive #compulsive
Letting go may be one the moist important skills we have to learn, but no one teaches us how. For more, check out Episode 41 of The Healthy Compulsive Project Podcast. #lettinggo
For more insights on how be a better partner, or how to deal with a difficult partner, especially those who are rigid, controlling and perfectionistic, visit thehealthycompulsive.com #perfectionist #difficultpartner #relationships #maritaldiscord #OCPD #OCD #obsessivecompulsive
To perfect originally meant to complete a meaningful task. Until the theologians got hold of it in the 14th century and added shame. Learn more at www.thehealthycompulsive.com. Search for "adaptive perfectionism." #perfection #perfectionism #OCPD #OCD #Jung #obsessivecompulsive #goals

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