I’m Robert, a licensed clinical psychologist based in Southern California, and author of the bestselling Hardcore Self Help book series. I also host a weekly podcast where I address reader questions and interview others in the mental health field.
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Hello, everyone! I think you will really enjoy this episode. I sat out in the back yard with some candles, twinkle lights, and a couple glasses of wine with my lovely wife, Joelle and just talked. We really didn’t have an agenda, so you are getting a normal raw convo between us.
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Hello, friends! In this episode, I take you through a guided meditation designed to help you unhook from your thoughts, acknowledging them without fully giving in to them. With everyone still in such a state of uncertainty, I thought this would be a really good meditation to do for this period of time.
This is a meditation that I have adapted and added to, but the original source material is from Mindfulness Exercises. In a time full of compromise, change and uncertainty, I really hope this helps you get through and allows you to calm your mind and start to be on better terms with your thoughts.
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This episode features a re-release of one of my favorite episodes of all time. I go through 10 of the most common thinking traps. Also called cognitive distortions, thinking traps are patterns of unhelpful thinking that we all fall into at times. For those with mental health issues, they can become quite common.
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Hello, friends. In this Q&A episode, I answer two great questions that ask for advice on how best to help a school friend who you think is depressed, as well as questioning your gender identity and helping to navigate this personal journey.
