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 and welcome to self-work. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas. And

Self-Works is a podcast that I decided to do last year when I really wanted to extend the

walls of my practice. I'd been in practice for 25 years now in 2018 and I

wanted to try to reach people who might never darken the door of a therapist or might already have gotten some counseling or

therapy and been interested in what another psychologist might have to say.

So thanks for being here.

Today we're going to talk about how to stop beating yourself up or basically trying to increase

your self-esteem. I did a Facebook live video for a wonderful website, if you're not aware of

it, called the Mighty. The Mighty focuses on both

middle illness but also physical illnesses and features the writing of the people who

are experiencing those or suffering from those in a very, very unique

and personal way.

Part of the mighty is called Mental Health on the mighty.

They've got their own Facebook page, for example. You might check that out.

And they've asked me to do monthly Facebook Live videos for them, which I thoroughly enjoy.

Because I get to have an actual conversation with people, like I wish I could have with you.

But last week we talked about depression and how those symptoms were affecting their self-esteem

and then of course as many of you who may have listened before I

like to focus on what can you do about it.

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