This year I started asking my clients three questions at the end of every counseling session. …
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How to Have a Breakthrough Without Going Through a Breakdown
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nTYCcSAltA "Why do you keep going back if it's making you feel worse?" my boyfriend asked. We were talking about one of the most unsettling experiences of my young adult life — don't laugh — psychotherapy. …
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Crushing It in Your Career: When Being Smart Isn’t Enough
You'd think it would be enough to be really smart, talented, hard-working, and determined. But to land your dream job takes a specific ingredient that's easy to overlook during the rigors of formal education for that diploma or certification. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU0LtXhwUnk One of my specialties is working with medical students with plenty of smarts and drive who didn't match into their chosen specialty for a residency. That's a pretty tough spot to be in: You've made it …
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How to Ask for Help When You’re a Perfectionist
I'm writing a book. There, I've said it. So almost five years into the process, I guess it's actually going to happen. If my book coach is still speaking to me. …
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Tired of Being Triggered? How to Not Lose It with the People You Love.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxYD3tbu4j4 Is there anyone who hasn't been triggered by someone about something this year? A near or flat-out rift with someone in your orbit from an alien value system? …
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The Argument Antidote
"There's absolutely no hope for this relationship," I thought to myself, with a sinking feeling. …