Social Anxiety, Self-Advocacy, and Too Much Self-Help: September Mailbag

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Rick and Forrest dive into the mailbag, and answer questions from listeners focused on working with anxiety in ourselves and our relationships. They start with a question that’s essential to the podcast as a whole: is it possible to be too preoccupied with personal growth? Rick talks about how to manage the desire for approval, offering strategies to foster self-acceptance and healthier self-validation, before Forrest shares his own journey with finding the right amount of try-hard. They then discuss how to create more collaborative decisions in relationships. Additional topics include self-motivation and peak performance, working with diverse needs, and diagnostic “scope creep.” You can watch this episode on YouTube. Key Topics: 0:00: Introduction 1:05: Am I too preoccupied with self-help and personal growth? 11:20: How do I address my unquenchable thirst for approval? 27:15: How can I tell if I’m actually doing my best? 36:40: How do I advocate for more collaborative decision making with my partner? 54:15: How does the brain’s natural pursuit of novelty balance with its desire for safety? 1:03:30: Recap I am now writing on Substack, check out my work there. Support the Podcast: We're now on Patreon! If you'd like to support the podcast, follow this link. Sponsors Sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period at shopify.com/beingwell. Transform your health with the ZOE Science & Nutrition podcast. Find it wherever you listen to podcasts. Trust your gut with Seed’s DS-01 Daily Synbiotic. Go to Seed.com/BEINGWELL and use code 25BEINGWELL to get 25% off your first month. OneSkin focuses on delivering more than superficial results for your skin. Get started today with 15% off using code BEINGWELL at oneskin.co. Join over a million people using BetterHelp, the world’s largest online counseling platform. Visit betterhelp.com/beingwell for 10% off your first month! Connect with the show: Subscribe on iTunes Follow Forrest on YouTube Follow us on Instagram Follow Forrest on Instagram Follow Rick on Facebook Follow Forrest on Facebook Visit Forrest's website Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and If you're new to the show, thanks for joining us today.
0:12.5	And if you've listened before, welcome back.
0:14.9	I'm joined today, as usual by Dr. Rick Hansen.
0:17.4	So Dad, how are you doing today?
0:19.2	I'm good.
0:19.9	I'm psyched, and I always love the mailbag.
0:22.1	Yeah, today, just as you said, we're going to be opening up the mailbag and answering some questions from our
0:26.1	listeners and when we do these mailbags, I try to pick questions that both have a little bit of
0:30.6	varieties so you're not just getting all of the same thing,
0:33.2	and are loosely grouped around a topic. And I felt like the questions today
0:37.6	really orbited the territory of anxiety, and particularly anxieties we have about ourselves and our relationships.
0:45.0	If you'd like to have a question answered on a future episode of the podcast,
0:49.0	the best way is by signing up for our Patreon, it's Patreon.
0:52.0	com slash being Well Podcast.
0:53.7	And you can also send me an email over at contact at being well podcast.
0:58.2	So to start with our first question today, and I wanted to start with this one because it's very relevant
1:04.7	not just to the mailbag here but to literally everything we do on the podcast so here it is.
1:10.0	I sometimes wonder if it's possible to be too preoccupied with the entire subject
1:16.2	of self-help, psychology, and personal development. I sometimes wonder if I'm thinking about it too much
1:22.4	and if that's interfering with the normal flow of life.
1:25.6	What do you think?
1:27.6	Oooey!
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