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 so much for joining me today on self-work.

I've actually been gone on a vacation for a couple of weeks.

I've pre-recorded some episodes, of course.

But I'm so glad to be back.

There's one thing about doing what I do for a living as a psychologist.

It really feeds me and so I'm glad to be back here on self-work.

I'm actually going to start seeing patients today too, so I'm glad to do that.

It's nice to love what you do.

Before we get started, I want to thank those of you who've left me a reviewer rating on iTunes. You can't know how much that helps.

Sarah, three boys, and I don't quite know how to say this Devas Board.

Your reviews help me understand what you like about the podcast,

what means something to you, and what I can improve on.

So thank you so much.

For those of you perhaps new to the program,

I'm a psychologist in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

I started podcasting almost a year ago,

which I can't really believe.

I'll have to celebrate my anniversary pretty soon.

And I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to people who might never have talked

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