284 SelfWork: Josh Peck Talks True Happiness: A Conversation with The Actor and Author of Happy People Are Annoying
The SelfWork Podcast
Margaret Robinson Rutherford PhD
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2022
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Where did you learn who Josh Peck was? Through his award-winning performance in Drake and Josh when he was a teen? Starring next to Ben Kingsley in The Wackness? Or has it been more recently in Disney+ Turner and Hooch? What I learned in this interview is that you likely didn't know who Josh was, because for years, he strenuously devoted himself to developing the Josh he wanted you to see. The comic. The really funny guy. Only through fighting severe drug addiction and finding sobriety did he begin to realize what he hadn't wanted anyone, including himself, to see.
Abandoned by his dad, Josh grew up in a very loving but somewhat vagabond partnership with his mom; he decided on the cusp of adolescence that he was going to be successful. And he was. But the pain he'd been hiding from was waiting for him - as it always is. Celebrity overdoses that ended in death - Heath Ledger and Brad Renfro - woke him up to what he was doing. As well as finding what he calls his "Apostles" - a piece of advice he got from Sir Ben Kingsley himself.
I loved talking with Josh. His book is funny, yes. But his sincerity and a very mature humility shine through. His journey is more than worth sharing. And his book, Happy People Are Annoying, is available now!
So in this episode sponsored by BetterHelp, you can get to know the real Josh Peck. As he now is. And who he intends to be in the future.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Selfwork, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:14.1 | At Selfwork, we'll discuss psychological and emotional issues common in today's world |
| 0:19.0 | and what to do about them. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Dr. Margaret, and Selfwork is a podcast dedicated to you taking just a few minutes today |
| 0:26.2 | for your own Selfwork. |
| 0:29.8 | Hello and welcome, or welcome back to Selfwork. |
| 0:32.5 | I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford. |
| 0:33.7 | I'm a clinical psychologist, and I've lived and worked in Fable Arkansas for 30 years. |
| 0:39.0 | I started Selfwork about five and a half years ago to extend the walls of my practice to |
| 0:43.3 | those of you who might already be very interested in psychological or emotional issues, or you've |
| 0:48.9 | had trauma that you're trying to deal with, and you recognize it, and you're an avid podcast |
| 0:53.4 | listener. |
| 0:54.4 | But also to those of you who may have just been diagnosed, and so you're searching |
| 0:58.3 | the internet for podcasts that might give you some answers, and perhaps you can find |
| 1:02.9 | them here. |
| 1:04.6 | But I also wanted to reach out to a third group of you who may be looking for answers, |
| 1:09.4 | but you can't see yourself going to a therapist or some kind of mental health clinician in |
| 1:15.1 | order to get that help. |
| 1:16.6 | But I'm helping that you're just curious or sadly, you're just unhappy enough to listen |
| 1:22.2 | to Selfwork, see what you think, and maybe we'll warm you up to the idea of opening |
| 1:27.5 | yourself up to this kind of experience in person. |
| 1:31.3 | Selfwork isn't therapy, but hopefully I've been a therapist long enough to where you can |
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