362: Lori Gottlieb - Maybe You Should Talk To Someone

<p>Lori Gottlieb (IG: <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/lorigottlieb_author/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@lorigottlieb_author</a>) is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller <a href="https://geni.us/J1LT" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Maybe You Should Talk to Someone</a>, which is being turned into a television series.</p> <p>In addition to her clinical practice, she writes The Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column and contributes regularly to The New York Times and many other publications.</p> <p>Lori’s recent TED Talk is one of the top 10 most watched of the year, and she is a sought-after expert in media such as The Today Show, Good Morning America, CNN, and NPR’s “Fresh Air.”</p> <p>Lori has a new iHeart Radio podcast, produced by Katie Couric, called Dear Therapists.</p> <p><strong>In this episode, we discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li>How to land your kids in therapy</li> <li>Learning how to sit with your feelings</li> <li>Why Lori decided to write about the human condition</li> <li>How you see yourself clearly in other people’s stories</li> <li>The relationship that blindsided Lori</li> <li>Idiot compassion vs. wise compassion</li> <li>The vantage point of a therapist</li> <li>Lori’s unexplained medical symptoms brushed off as a psychological issue</li> <li>Why Lori was hiding her health issue from her loved ones</li> <li>Living with an undiagnosed autoimmune condition</li> <li>Don’t take life for granted</li> <li>Pay attention to the present moment</li> <li>Stop engaging in unproductive anxiety</li> <li>Numbness isn’t nothingness</li> <li>We should talk more to one another</li> <li>The meaning of true vulnerability</li> <li>Give people the opportunity to understand us</li> <li>Nobody gets through life without struggle</li> <li>Goodbye is not the end</li> </ul> <p><strong>Show sponsors:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://ultimatehealthpodcast.com/blublox" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BLUblox <== 15% off the world's most advanced blue lig