All Episodes

What Carl Jung Would Tell You About Your Perfectionism. Ep. 122

Perfectionism Burnout and The Myth of The Total Couch Potato Collapse, Ep. 121

The “Should Effect”: When Desire Gets Lost in Self-Discipline, Ep. 120

Ep. 119: Inner Conflict: What Happens When You Silence Half of Yourself

Ep. 118: Letting Go of Resentment: Why You’re Obsessed with People Being Good

Ep. 117: Karpman's Triangle: 3 Roles that Destroy Relationships

Ep. 116: Codependence Is a 'Muscular Glue' — Here's How to Break Free

Ep. 115: Why You Can’t Stop Using Willpower--Even After It Drains You

Ep. 114: Can't Identify Your Feelings? You Might Have Alexithymia—The Unspeaking Heart

Ep 113: 6 Reasons Perfectionists Struggle to Change

Ep. 112: Break Free from the “Shoulds”: How Old Soul and Young Soul Archetypes Can Run Your Life

Ep. 111: Your Outdated, Risk‑Averse Comfort Zone Is a Prison — Chuck It

Ep. 110: The Hidden Wisdom of the Compulsive Personality

Ep. 109: 5 Steps to Respond to an OCPD Diagnosis

Ep: 108: A Dog's Eye View of OCPD

Ep. 107: Waking Up from the Strange Comfort of the Obsessive-Compulsive Dream

Ep. 106: Marriage Is Not for Sissies: Courage, Projection, and Projective Identification

Ep. 105: Quieting the False Alarms of "Not Just Right Experiences"

Ep. 104: Befriending Adaptive Perfectionism: From Villain to Ally

Ep. 103: 7 Vexing Questions & Encouraging Answers for Therapists Who Treat Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Ep. 102: Interview with Endurance Coach Travis Macy about the Driven Personality

Ep. 101: 4 Ways Perfectionists and Obsessive-Compulsives Try To Avoid Humiliation

Ep. 100: How a Goddess Became a Modern Disease: Ananke, OCPD, & the Need for Control

Ep. 99: From Alienation to Connection: Healing the Spiritual Side Effects of Compulsive Perfectionism

Ep. 98: How to Pivot to a Life Worth Living Through Flexibility: A Review of ACT

Ep. 97: 3 Reasons You're Having Anxiety Dreams

Ep. 96: 4 Tools to Help Obsessives Move Past Creative Blocks

Ep. 95: No Laughing Matter: What Being So Serious Does to Your Life

Ep. 94: 2 Novels About Perfectionists Sure to Entertain and Inspire You

Ep. 93: Breaking Horses: 6 Signs That You're Micromanaging

Ep. 92: A Review of RO DBT, Radically Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy—A New Treatment for Overcontrol

Ep. 91: Navigating Challenges for the Perfectionist Father: From the Horrific to the Heroic

Ep. 90: Finding the Meaning of Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits

Ep. 89: Should You Unearth the Past? How Looking Back Can Help us Move Forward

Ep. 88: Am I Being Passive-Aggressive? How to Know—and What to Do About It

Ep. 87: Beyond the Switch: The Dark and Subtle Side of Punishment

Ep. 86: The Hidden Drive Behind Compulsive Behavior: Carl Jung’s Path to Wholeness

Ep. 85: This is Not a Test: 3 Steps to Winning the Battle Against Insecurity

Ep. 84: Is Psychotherapy Effective? A Note for the Skeptical

Ep. 83: 7 Ways Spending Time in Nature Heals the Driven Personality

Ep. 82: Want to Make Life Easier? Break the Habits that Make It More Difficult Than It Needs to Be

Ep. 81: A Short Guide to Love Languages for People with Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Ep. 80: Four Blocks to Releasing Resentment and Offering Forgiveness

Ep. 79: Authenticity: Why Being Realistically Real Matters

Ep. 78: How to Harness the Power of Lists for Your Well-Being

Ep. 77: How to Help a Partner, Friend or Relative Who Feels Suicidal

Ep. 76: The Need to Control: A Compulsive Recipe for Poor Health

Ep 75: 6 Steps to Stop Being Judgmental

Ep. 74: Four Ways that Control Smothers the Flames of Romantic Love

Ep. 73: Taoist Wisdom for Compulsive Perfectionists

Ep. 72: 7 Ways to Achieve More Flexibility in Your Relationships

Ep. 71: Clinging to Sacred Cows:  Identity and Worth in the Compulsive Personality

Ep. 70: Are you a compulsive hero or a heroic compulsive?

Ep. 69: How Self Control and Inhibited Expression Hurt Relationships

Ep. 68: Wield Your Shield Wisely: How Not to be Defensive

Ep. 67: The Power of Lists to Tyrannize or Harmonize

Ep. 66: Welcome All Guests: Aging with OCPD (Obsessive-Compulsive Personality)

Ep. 65: Letting Go and Holding On: The Essential Life Skills No-One Taught You

Ep. 64: Driving Nowhere: The Dangers of Being Overly Conscientious

Ep. 63: Can Mindfulness Meditation Make You Less Compulsive?

Ep. 62: Being Frugal: Good Self-Care or Too Emotionally Expensive?

Ep. 61: Feeling Stuck? Try Generosity.

Ep. 60: The Role of Self-Deception in Perfectionism

Ep. 59: Navigating the Crossroads: 5 Steps to Becoming More Decisive

Ep. 58: People Pleasing, Resentment, & Other Relationship Killers

Ep. 57: Regarding Your Battle with the World's Stupidity

Ep. 56: In Praise of Healthy Perfectionism

Ep. 55: What Happens When a Compulsive Meets the Archetype of the Saint

Ep. 54: Chronic Urgency Stress Syndrome (CUSS) and That Monster Hiding Under Your Bed

Ep. 53: Perceived Chaos and the Need to Control

Ep. 52: Do You Live With Ease Or Urgency?

Ep. 51: How Compulsive Perfectionists Can Cultivate Happiness

Ep. 50: How To Not Waste Your Time In Therapy

Ep. 49: Naming and Taming the Core Fears That Control Us

Ep. 48: 4 Lessons Perfectionists Learn When They Befriend the Archetype of the Fool

Ep. 47: Should You Tell Your Partner How to Be a Better Person?

Ep. 46: Perfectionistic Partners and Moral Gaslighting

Ep. 45: How to Build a Foundation That Prevents Imposter Syndrome

Ep. 44: 5 Unintended Effects of Type A Parenting, and 17 Tips for Obsessive-Compulsive Parents

Ep. 43: Demand Resistance: What It is, What Drives It, and How it Serves or Cheats Us

Ep. 42: Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder: A Disorder of Priorities

Ep. 41: How to Let Go Without Giving Up

Ep. 40: How to Keep Psychological Hoarding from Crowding Your Mind and Blocking Fulfillment

Ep. 39: What is shame and What is the Best Way to Deal with It?

Ep. 38: The Battle for the Mind of the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality: Growth Mindset Vs. Fixed Mindset

Ep. 37: Want to Be Certain? Don't Be So Sure

Ep. 36: Enough Already. Why You Need to Know that You Are Enough. Already.

Ep. 35: Psychotherapy for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Ep. 34: How to Get Your Compulsive Drive to Work for You

Ep. 33: Does Avoidant Attachment Cause Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder?

Ep. 32: How to Tame Your Tyrannical Guilt Complex

Ep. 31 The Origins of OCPD: Genes, Environment, and the Two Other Factors Most People Don’t Consider

Ep. 30: Turning Chaos into Order: Meaning and Burden for the Obsessive-Compulsive Personality

Ep. 29: Self-Compassion: The Evidenced-Based Antidote to Maladaptive Perfectionism

Ep. 28: Four Keys to Handling Obsessive-Compulsive Anxiety and Fear

Ep. 27: Work Engagement, Work Addiction and Work Burnout

Ep. 26: The Triggers that Lead to Unhealthy Obsessive-Compulsive Behavior

Ep. 25: Why Compulsives Need Mastery in Their Lives

Ep. 24: What Are You Trying to Prove By Being So Good?

Ep. 23: The Compulsive Thinker-Planner: Obsessive Procrastinator or Productive Visionary?