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 as a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today for your own self-work

Hi, and thank you so much for being here at self-work today. I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. I'm a clinical

psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, and I've been in practice for over 25 years.

I started this podcast more than two years ago now because I wanted to reach out and

extend the walls of my practice not only to those who might be comfortable with therapy

or even be in therapy or know a lot about psychological problems and

issues but to those of you who might be starting out your journey maybe you were just

diagnosed or maybe you're having some relationship problems that you've never had.

And then there's that third group who might never darken the door of a therapist, but would be

curious enough to want to know perhaps what a psychologist would sound like so I'm a psychologist and

I fit that bill so maybe you'll tune in and listen. Today's topic is near and dear to my heart because I believe it's so important for true change

and growth and that topic is vulnerability.

As the author and researcher, Renee Brown says, you can't get to change without vulnerability

period. If you don't know brine brown's work she's very prolific and within the

last I don't know decade decade perhaps has written many, many books, mostly about

vulnerability, imperfection, and daring to live your life differently. You might want to look up her books.

Most of my own very obvious vulnerability, it's not that I don't have others,

but this one's the most obvious, has centered around the fact that I have panic

disorder which I've talked about. So I'm going to talk about that anxiety with you

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