High Functioning: The Hidden Depression That May Be Stealing Your Joy & The Tools To Get It Back With Dr. Judith Joseph

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Rich Roll

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Society & Culture

4.8 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2025

⏱️ 123 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Judith Joseph is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist, clinical professor at NYU Medical School, and a renowned voice on high-functioning depression. In this conversation, we explore the paradox of achievement and anhedonia—the curious, often painful reality that success doesn't always equate to joy. Judith shares her clinical insights into why so many high performers feel emotionally flat, walking us through her integrative approach to mental health and her groundbreaking "5 V's" framework for reclaiming points of joy. This one hit close to home. I found myself confronting how we chase achievement while disconnecting from what truly matters in life. Judith is a rare voice—wise, warm, grounded in science, and even more so in compassion. This one will land where it's needed most. Enjoy! Show notes + MORE Watch on YouTube Newsletter Sign-Up Today’s Sponsors: iFit: Use the code RICHROLL to get 10% off any purchase of $999+ 👉NordicTrack.com/richroll On: High-performance shoes & apparel crafted for comfort and style 👉on.com/richroll AG1: Get a FREE bottle of Vitamin D3+K2 AND 5 free AG1 Travel Packs 👉drinkAG1.com/richroll OneSkin: Get started today with 15% off using code RICHROLL at oneskin.co Squarespace: Use the code RichRoll to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain 👉Squarespace.com/RichRoll WHOOP: The all-new WHOOP 5.0 is here! Get your first month FREE👉join.whoop.com/Roll Modern Elder: Join Chip Conley and me in LA on June 5th to design your next chapter. Early bird pricing is available until May 20th. Go to www.meawisdom.com/richroll to learn more.IQBAR: Get 20% OFF all IQBAR products plus FREE shipping. Just text RICHROLL to sixty-four thousand. Message and data rates may apply. Check out all of the amazing discounts from our Sponsors 👉 richroll.com/sponsors Find out more about Voicing Change Media at voicingchange.media and follow us @voicingchange

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0:00.0	This past year, I unlocked a major life dream, which was to build my own home gym.
0:07.4	I got to tell you, it's the greatest thing ever, just this gift that keeps giving to be able to wake up before the sun, walk just a few feet, and have my own space to get right into my morning fitness routine.
0:18.1	When it came to selecting the equipment for my gym,
0:20.9	which is this customized 40-foot shipping container,
0:23.5	I looked at a lot of stuff.
0:25.2	And home fitness, it's come a long way,
0:27.7	and I really wanted to outfit my limited space
0:30.1	with the smartest, most immersive gear
0:33.0	that actually enhances the way that I could train.
0:36.7	And what came out on top was Nordotrack.
0:39.7	Not only because they've led the at-home fitness space for like 50 years at this point,
0:45.3	but because what they're doing right now is truly next level. Exemplified by my favorite piece
0:51.2	of kit, their commercial X32I treadmill, which simulates real world terrain with an incredible 40% incline and 6% decline.
1:02.0	The S27I studio bike mimics road conditions with a 20% incline and a minus 10% decline.
1:09.6	And the RW 900 Rower, it's smooth, it's fluid, and built-to-keep momentum effortless.
1:16.1	But what really sets this apart is IFITPro.
1:19.2	Their new AI coach builds, personal plans, schedules workouts, and keeps you accountable
1:24.4	all through simple text exchanges.
1:27.2	I'm even training with my buddies, friends of the pod, people like Tommy Rives, Knox Robinson,
1:32.4	and Dan Churchill, with the machines that automatically adjust to match their workouts in real time.
1:39.3	So stop stalling your progress because you don't know what to do next.
1:43.3	With Nordotrack and Ifit.
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