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The SelfWork Podcast

033 SelfWork: How Self-Esteem And Self-Acceptance Work Together, Even With Depression

The SelfWork Podcast

Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD

Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2017

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

What is the relationship between self-esteem and self-acceptance? And how do you manage to hang on to either when you’re experiencing depression? Dr. Margaret gives you her perspective, with the offering that no one fact about you defines you as a person. She also describes the difference between resignation and acceptance, and how the latter […]

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0:00.0

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

0:14.0

At self-work we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world

0:19.0

and what to do about them.

0:21.0

I'm Dr. Margaret and self-work is a podcast dedicated to you taking just

0:25.3

a few minutes today for your own self-work.

0:30.0

Hi I'm Dr. Margaret and this is self-work. I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

0:36.5

I've been practicing over 20 years now, and this podcast is about taking a moment in your own life to consider your own issues, your own struggles,

0:47.2

your own experiences, perhaps your past, perhaps your present, and to offer you some space to think about those things. you may be many others who have never even talked to a psychologist or know how one might think

1:05.6

or feel.

1:07.0

So that's what self-work is for.

1:09.5

And I want to welcome you or welcome you back. Today we're going to be talking about

1:14.0

self-esteem and self-acceptance,

1:18.0

how they're intertwined with each other

1:21.0

and how in the heck are you depressed and still somehow hang on to your

1:27.6

self-esteem and your self-acceptance.

1:30.4

If you're struggling with shame, what happens to your self-esteem or your self-acceptance?

1:35.0

How do we handle our fear of judgment from other people?

1:39.0

Often we project on to others what we think of ourselves, and we think they think the same thing

1:45.3

and that's simply not true. So how do we handle that? If you do struggle with depression

1:51.4

or have experienced depression in the past or in the present,

1:55.1

what happened to your self-esteem or your sense of self-acceptance?

1:58.8

Could you hang on to them?

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