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 or welcome back as I usually say to self-work. I'm delighted you're here.

I'm Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas. I've been in practice for over 25 years and decided last year to basically extend the

walls of my practice as I like to say so that I could reach more people, maybe even people who

would never consider darkening the door of a therapist but are a little curious

about what someone like me might think or have to say about different issues.

We cover really diverse topics.

So one podcast episode may be right down your alley

and another may not have too much to do with you, but I've been told by some that it

still helps to listen. I have some very exciting news that I'm now free to share

with you. Many of you have listened to the podcast on Perfectly Hidden Depression.

It was actually number three and four I wanted to get into the queue very, very early because

I'm so passionate about the topic. I didn't know if I'd last 10 episodes or now this is my 70th episode of

self-work. Well the big news is I have signed a book contract with new Harbinger publications for a book on PhD or

perfectly hidden depression. I've been trying for about two and a half years to get this done and

you are one of the reasons it's happening because I had to grow

my audience in order to get the attention of a publisher.

So you're part of my celebration and I cannot, cannot thank you enough. The book won't be out

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