895 Upgrade Your Mental Health with Dr. Margaret Rutherford
b'THERE ARE FEW PEOPLE I TRUST WHO HAVEN\\u2019T BEEN THROUGH SOME SORT OF ADVERSITY.\\nMany people feel that holding their shame hostage will make them a stronger person.\\nThis just isn\\u2019t true.\\nIt has become very clear to me: If you\\u2019re going to heal, you have to find a way to be open about your issues.\\nIn order to live in today, you have to be open about your past.\\nThis is the key to being comfortable in your vulnerability.\\nThis is the key to unlocking the next level of your mental health.\\nSo how do we begin to share our shame?\\nOn today\\u2019s episode of The School of Greatness, I talk about breaking free of perfectionism with someone who has been through her own deep journey of embracing her shame: Dr. Margaret Rutehrford.\\n\\u201cNarcissism is the diagnosis of the decade \\u201d - @doctor_margaret\\nDr. Margaret Rutherford has been a psychologist in private practice for over twenty-five years. She\'s the author of "Marriage Is Not For Chickens", and hosts a weekly podcast, SelfWork with Dr. Margaret Rutherford, where she offers compassionate common-sense directions, ideas and goals toward the changes listeners want to make in healing.\\nDr. Margaret shares her journey on how she became one of the leading experts on embracing our shame and understanding our functioning.\\nSo get ready to learn how to be ok with not being ok on Episode 895.\\n\\u201cLet me question why I do what I do.\\u201d - @doctor_margaret\\nSome Questions I Ask:\\nWhat happens if we hold on to our shame? (12:50)\\nWhat would you say are the common things or the common theme that you see as challenges that people have? (18:15)\\nWhat is mental illness and do we all have some type of it? (25:10)\\nHow do we recognize if we have depression if we\\u2019re a perfectionist? (36:20)\\nWhat are three to five things we can do to arm ourselves against being susceptible to the things that hold us back? (42:00)\\nHow do we accept something about our past that we are not proud of? (49:00)\\nWhat are the things that most of us learn from childhood that hold us back? (50:30)\\nIn This Episode You Will Learn:\\nAbout Dr. Margaret\\u2019s journey through her own shame that has brought her to the work she does today. (10:00)\\nWhat Dr, Margaret believes therapy can pinpoint in people and why it is integral to embracing vulnerability. (25:00)\\nWhat it means to be a perfectionist and how it coincides with being \\u201cgreat.\\u201d (29:40)\\nThe complexity of the human condition on what we might require to start our healing process. (41:00)\\nHow to find your sense of well-being and why it is important to value our uniqueness. (45:00)\\nThe power of modeling healthy habits for our children. (57:00)\\nIf you enjoyed this episode, check out the video, show notes, and more at http:www.lewishowes.com/895 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes'