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 mental

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. There are scores of therapists who see a woman who's in crisis who might be

disregulated and who might not take to wealth treatment because they're so damaged.

Right.

Those are the ones who get labeled as bored on.

The people you should have the most compassion for are the people who carry that diagnosis.

Welcome to this week's edition of Self Work.

One of the things I love about this job and being the host of a podcast is that, one, of course,

I love to hear from all of you listeners.

That's number one.

But number two is I really get to meet and talk with lots of interesting authors and researchers and psychologists and just folks. And today we have psychologist Peter Favaro.

He's actually Dr. Peter Favarro and he's written a lot of books. But his most recent one is

called Bad People Bible. And he is an expert forensic psychologist and has spent more than 40 years as a court-appointed

forensic psychologist in custody evaluator in over 6,000 high-conflict divorces, hate crimes,

and even international child abduction cases.

He told me in the interview that, of course, I'm cynical

because I swim in toxic waters. I really liked that. But I've enjoyed meeting him. His book is

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