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.

Hello and thanks for being my guest on self-work today. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical psychologist.

I've been in private practice for 25 years in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

And I started podcasting two years ago because I wanted to extend the walls of my practice

to those who might already be interested in therapy or psychology, but also to those who might be starting their journey with anxiety and depression

and really not know much about it.

They've never been to therapy, never considered going to therapy, so I wanted to reach out to

you as well. Just so you would know a

little bit about at least the way I approach doing therapeutic work. I want to

thank those of you who've left ratings. There have been a lot of them since we recorded

episode 100 which was such fun and I want to thank you for those. Please know

that I am very motivated by ratings and reviews of course and those help me stay

focused because I know that people are enjoying it and learning from it and maybe

even using it in their own therapy. I've also learned

that there's several therapists who are listening to this who not only are talking

about how it's helping them as people but how they're passing on the information to their own

clients so that really really honors me and pleases me. Today we're going to be

talking about how do I feel my feelings three things that get in the way and nine ways to

explore what to do. Again, my slogan is what you can do about it, right? You'd be

surprised perhaps how many people have trouble with connecting with their feelings.

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