Savvy Psychologist

Two listeners--Karen and Janice--independently wrote in and asked how to deal with life’s big changes. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 4 ways to handle life’s only constant. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1VSsB9p

An anonymous listener wrote in and asked how to help someone who is grieving. She is worried she’ll say the wrong thing, cause her friend more pain, and generally make things worse. She’s not alone—we worry so much about comforting “the right way” that sometimes we don’t do it at all. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen covers 4 reasons we clam up around grief and how to come out of our shells. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1SUbIHu

This week, we’ll start a three-part series on surprisingly toxic traits that, at first glance, can seem harmless or even productive. First up, perfectionism. Dr. Ellen Hendriksen covers the three types of perfectionism and the 8 problems that flourish wherever perfectionism takes root. Read the transcript here: http://bit.ly/1PZh1En.

Maia Szalavitz is an award-winning neuroscience journalist who knows addictions research and policy inside out. But she has also struggled with addiction to cocaine and heroin, a journey that took her from dealing drugs in glamourous nightclubs in the 1980s to jail to rehab to getting kicked out of college. The result of her remarkable story is a one-of-a-kind perspective and a groundbreaking new book: Unbroken Brain: A Revolutionary New Way of Understanding Addiction. This week: Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen and author Maia Szalavitz in conversation. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/23GdJfe

Asking for help seems simple enough, but if you’ve ever needed a hand, you know how hard it can be. Clinical psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen explains why it’s so challenging and shows you how it’s done. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Np06rr

Worries and fears and stress, oh my! This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals the two big beliefs that light up anxiety, plus how to pull the plug. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1SmQf9v

Anniversaries aren’t just for couples, and some aren’t so happy. The spike in distress around the anniversary of a trauma or loss is called the anniversary reaction, and it’s a very real thing. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers what to do when anniversary memories are anything but silver or gold. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1RClev9

There are dozens of risks factors for depression, but how we think about ourselves makes up one of the biggest pieces of the pie. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen reveals the two beliefs that put you at risk for depression, plus how to re-think. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Wpe6qh

Sometimes hanging in there actually means you’re just hanging on…and on. It’s hard to hold onto old hurts. But it’s even harder to let them go. This week, Savvy Psychologist Dr. Ellen Hendriksen offers 5 tips to kick-start the process of moving on. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1TIuYc3

An interview with Tom Hart, author of Rosalie Lightning, a graphic memoir about the loss of his daughter and the profound grief that followed. Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1Tg0HTz