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 welcome or welcome back to self-work.

I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

I'm a clinical psychologist out of Fayetteville, Arkansas.

And I've been doing therapy for over 25 years.

I've remained very passionate about what I do and I decided about two and a half

years ago that I wanted to extend the walls of my practice to those who may already be

interested in psychological and emotional issues and have their own therapist or have

been to therapy, maybe to those who've been recently diagnosed with anxiety or depression or

an eating disorder, or having some kind of relationship issue that seems formidable.

And then there's that third group of people who might listen to a podcast but might never

darken a therapist door.

So welcome to all of you no matter what group you're in,

or perhaps you don't fit in any of those groups.

I want to start out today by thanking the people who have taken the time to leave written reviews on iTunes.

This may, I've gotten a handful of them.

And you know, my heart kind of goes pitter-patter when I see that there's a review up because I never know when

someone really won't like the podcast but I screw up my courage and I go look

anyway. Some people have really given me some specifics about what they like.

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