#761 Validation & Belonging - Dr. Caroline Fleck

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Caroline Fleck is a cognitive behavioral psychologist, an author, and an Adjunct Clinical Instructor at Stanford. She joins Paul to discuss validation and the importance of belonging. She also provides useful tips on how to support yourself and others with acceptance. Look for her new book, Validation: How the Skill Set That Revolutionized Psychology Will Transform Your Relationships, Increase Your Influence, and Change Your Life

More about Dr. Fleck

https://www.instagram.com/stories/carolinefleckphd/

https://www.tiktok.com/@drcarolinefleck

https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinefleck/

www.drcarolinefleck.com

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0:00.0	I have a favorite ask of you, the kind listener.
0:03.9	There are a bunch of different ways that you can help the show, but right now, one of the
0:08.6	ways you could help us is by filling out a survey for potential advertisers so they can
0:14.7	get to know how you feel about the show, what kind of products you might be interested in buying. As you know,
0:23.8	we haven't been doing a lot of host red ads lately, and that's what we're trying to
0:30.0	get more of. So this would help greatly. The survey is quick. It's simple.
0:38.7	It's a free way to support the podcast, and it'll take you two minutes, and you'll be
0:43.0	helping me out a ton.
0:44.8	So go to gum.fm slash mental to fill out our survey.
0:52.3	That's g-um.fmm slash mental. And I appreciate it. Thank you.
1:00.4	I have a favorite ask of you, the kind listener. There are a bunch of different ways that you can help
1:06.4	the show. But right now, one of the ways you could help us is by filling out a survey for potential
1:12.8	advertisers so they can get to know how you feel about the show, what kind of products
1:20.0	you might be interested in buying. As you know, we haven't been doing a lot of host red ads lately, and that's what we're trying to
1:30.1	get more of.
1:31.8	So this would help greatly.
1:34.6	The survey is quick.
1:36.2	It's simple.
1:38.8	It's a free way to support the podcast, and it'll take you two minutes, and you'll be helping
1:43.4	me out a ton.
1:44.9	So go to gum.fm slash mental to fill out our survey.
1:52.4	That's gum.fm slash mental.
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