Episode 189: Leaning Into Depression with My Wife, Joelle Duff
The Hardcore Self-Help Podcast with Duff the Psych
Robert Duff, Ph.D.
4.5 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 2 January 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
This episode is an interview with my wife, Joelle Duff. This is technically the first episode of our new Patreon exclusive Duff Family Podcast, which from here on will only be made available to patrons. That doesn't mean that she will never be on HCSH again, but if you want episodes each month, you'll need to head over the check out the Patreon.
In this episode, we sit down on the couch together on New Years Eve 2019 to talk about this past year. This has been a rough one for us, and particularly for Joelle. She has had a severe bout of depression this year that really made things difficult for her. Instead of fighting it, she decided to try something different and lean into what her body was telling her. That meant more rest, alone time, etc. It also meant that she was able to recover enough energy to do some amazing stuff like get a dream job and continue being a fantastic mother, wife, and creative partner.
Thank you so much for spending the end of this decade with us. I'm bringing the fire into 2020, so be ready.
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| 0:00.0 | And it worked for me. |
| 0:02.0 | I mean, it worked because I got through it without being suicidal, |
| 0:09.0 | without being severely suicidal. |
| 0:12.0 | I mean, I know we talked a little bit about how being suicidal |
| 0:15.4 | is a lot different now these days than before but I was able to get through it without being suicidal I was able to get through it without being suicidal. I was able to keep my |
| 0:25.7 | relationships and be honest with my friends too is another big thing is not |
| 0:30.4 | trying to just brush under the rug but also just being honest with the people in my life and my friends |
| 0:36.7 | I realize that I have a bigger support network than I then I realized yeah |
| 0:42.0 | But recognizing when I do just need to sleep and even now I mean I've been telling you a lot more that I just need naps I need I need rest I need quiet time I need to be by myself just being more open about that and it's helped me |
| 1:00.3 | Get through it. Hey everybody before we start show, I want to make a couple disclaimers. |
| 1:05.5 | This show does cover a wide variety of topics related to mental health and life in general, |
| 1:09.7 | and some of those could be sensitive for you. |
| 1:11.8 | I want to simultaneously encourage you to be brave |
| 1:14.3 | in consuming difficult content, but also respect and recognize your limitations. So please use |
| 1:19.7 | your best judgment. I will never be offended if you need to skip a question or an episode entirely but |
| 1:24.8 | feel free to feel it out check out the episode and just see what happens if you need to |
| 1:28.4 | skip that's okay but you know feel free to give it a shot first I also need to say that while I am a psychologist, I'm not your |
| 1:35.2 | psychologist and I'm not your therapist. This is not intended to be direct medical advice and you |
| 1:39.7 | should not use this as a substitute for professional help. So with those said let's go ahead and get into the show. All right. Hello friends of all varieties. |
| 1:54.0 | This is the hard Self-Help Podcast episode 189. |
| 2:07.0 | I'm your host Dr. Robert Duff, aka Duff the Psych. |
| 2:10.0 | I make mental health content for real people just like you. |
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