This is self-work and I'm Dr Margaret Rutherford.

At self-work, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world and what to do about them.

I'm Dr Margaret and self- Work is a podcast dedicated to you

taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work.

Hi, I'm Dr. Margaret and thanks for being a part of self-work today. We're going to be talking about

change. I always heard in my lifetime the only thing in life you can count on is change, and of course

I thought my father had created that

saying but he didn't there plenty of people in history who credit themselves

with having come up with that truth but I heard my dad saying it a lot, so in my own mind he was the originator of the

phrase. But we all know that change is inevitable. And so how do you handle change that you choose and how do you cope with change that you don't?

That's what we're going to be focusing on today.

I'm going to give you five ways that people avoid the reality of change,

and this can get kind of complicated and crazy, really.

And then the number one way to cope with unwanted change.

There's one thing that I see my patients do day after day where they don't identify

themselves with the unwanted change and we'll talk more about that.

What skills do you need to use to cope with unwanted change or even change that you might

choose?

And then lastly, as always on self-work, I'm going to read you an email from a listener. This one asks a question on

treatment for multiple diagnoses because what helps with one diagnosis may not

help with another. So I'll answer her question.

Today we're talking about change.

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