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The Driven Personality: My interview with Imi Lo on Eggshell Transformations

The Driven Personality: My interview with Imi Lo on Eggshell Transformations

Sep 12, 2021

I recently joined author and psychotherapist Imi Lo for a stimulating interview about the Driven...

Finding The Meaning of Compulsive Personality Traits

Finding The Meaning of Compulsive Personality Traits

May 23, 2021

I came across something the other day that perfectly expresses my own thoughts about the...

Burnout: What Happens When You Ignore Messages From Your Unconscious

Burnout: What Happens When You Ignore Messages From Your Unconscious

May 1, 2021

People with obsessive-compulsive personality and obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) are driven to be as productive...

Taoist Wisdom for Compulsive Perfectionists

Taoist Wisdom for Compulsive Perfectionists

Dec 28, 2020

While I find parts of the Tao Te Ching baffling, exasperating and mystifying, Lao Tzu’s encouragement to accept things as they are still conveys an attitude toward life that I find to be a good counterpoint to my driven nature. Since Taoist wisdom can be especially useful to people who are compulsive, perfectionist, and obsessive, I thought it might be helpful for me to share how this enduring and poetic book has helped me.

Are you a compulsive hero or a heroic compulsive?

Are you a compulsive hero or a heroic compulsive?

Sep 23, 2020

One way to free ourselves from unhealthy compulsive behavior is to understand our motivations, what drives and actually controls us. While we’re all unique, there are ancient and common patterns that underlie the roles we take on in life such as mother, father, warrior, healer, savior, priest, jester, caretaker and leader. These patterns are known as archetypes, and they’re illustrated in myths and symbols. These patterns exert a magnetic influence that can give us intuitive guidance and energy to help us do what we need to do. Or they can drag us into a perpetual rut of expectations and despair. Heroic energy can flow freely like water, or be frozen and rigid like ice.

Perceived Chaos and the Need to Control

Perceived Chaos and the Need to Control

Jul 11, 2020

People who are compulsive and perfectionistic struggle mightily with disorder and unresolved situations. These may...

Understanding the Four Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality to Achieve Balance

Understanding the Four Types of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality to Achieve Balance

May 16, 2020

[Available in audio format at Google Podcasts and Apple, and Spotify.] As I’ve gotten to...

The Healthy Compulsive Book Has Arrived!

The Healthy Compulsive Book Has Arrived!

Feb 8, 2020

Recognizing OCPD and The Driven Personality A woman who recently realized that she had OCPD...

Critical Partner: Rescuer, Victim & Persecutor Roles

Critical Partner: Rescuer, Victim & Persecutor Roles

Oct 7, 2019

Look closely at any conflict with a critical partner, and you’ll usually see certain roles...

Authenticity: Why Being Realistically Real Matters

Authenticity: Why Being Realistically Real Matters

Jun 15, 2019

Living authentically feels good and is the best way to create the diversity we need to solve problems. But it’s not so easy to do, and, unrestrained authenticity is not such a wise approach all the time anyway. Unbridled authenticity in the wrong places can lead you to be rejected and hurt, and it can lead to hurting others needlessly if you say everything that comes to mind.

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