This is Self-Work, and I'm Dr. Margaret Rutherford.

At Self-Work, we discuss psychological and emotional issues and what you can do about them,

whether that's learning self-acceptance, taking action, or seeking therapy or treatment.

Eight years ago, I extended the walls of my practice to reach those of you who might already be knowledgeable about middle

health treatment, but also to those of you who might say, you'd never darken the door of a therapist.

And yet, you are here. I'll answer your questions while I invite you to take a few minutes for

your own self-work. This really is a fear of success itself, and I can see this. So what if I

am successful? How will my life change? What kinds of new things, things I can't foresee or

control might start happening.

So that could be a fear of what success could bring.

But I'd wonder with you, whether we call it a fear of success or a fear of not being successful.

It's still a fear of the unknown.

Welcome to this week's edition of Self Work.

Every now and then, when I'm off for vacation, John Crowley, my producer and audio engineer, and Christine Matthias, also a producer, and my communications manager, take the helm of self-work.

And this is one of those days.

Each one of them has picked an episode that means a lot to them or made a lot of sense to them or they thought it's certainly bore repeating.

We call this second time around.

So here's John Crowley with one of his favorite second time around.

Well, hello, self-workers.

I'm John Crowley.

And as Dr. Margaret just said, I'm her audio engineer and one of her producers.

I'm excited to share another second time around episode with you.

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