Emotional Depth in a high-performance world
Weekly psychology insights on anxiety, relationships, and meaningful living.
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Reclaiming Your Self-Esteem
Why Do I Feel Guilty for Feeling Proud of Myself? Do you deflect compliments before they even finish landing? Downplay the promotion, the finished project, the thing you worked hard for — almost on reflex, before anyone can accuse you of thinking too highly of yourself? If feeling good about your own accomplishments comes with…
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How to Know If You’re Depressed: A Pittsburgh Therapist’s Guide to Recognizing the Signs
“Am I actually depressed, or am I just tired?” It’s one of the most common questions I hear in my Pittsburgh practice — often from people who’ve been pushing through exhaustion, irritability, and a flat, gray feeling for months before they say it out loud. If you’ve typed some version of “how do I know…
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The Voice That Isn’t Yours: A Psychoanalytic Look at Negative Self-Talk
A recent Washington Post advice column featured a woman in her seventies still hearing her late mother’s and estranged brother’s judgments in her head — decades after the relationship that produced them had effectively ended. She knew, intellectually, that their view of her was wrong. Emotionally, she was still living inside it. The columnist reached…
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