Table of ContentsView AllTable of ContentsMeet Lori GottliebWhy Lori Gottlieb Is Mentally StrongWhat You’ll Hear on the ShowWhat You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental StrengthQuotes From LoriMore About the Podcast
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Meet Lori Gottlieb
Why Lori Gottlieb Is Mentally Strong
What You’ll Hear on the Show
What You’ll Learn About Mental Health and Mental Strength
Quotes From Lori
More About the Podcast
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OnThe Verywell Mind Podcast, Amy Morin, LCSW, interviews authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and other inspirational people about the strategies that help them think, feel, and do their best in life.
Lori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and a “New York Times” bestselling author. Her books, including “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone,” have been translated into 20 languages.
She’s also a contributor to “The Atlantic” where she writes a regular column called “Dear Therapist.” She co-hosts a podcast with Guy Winch, called “Dear Therapists,” where they respond to listeners’ problems and walk them through therapy sessions with actionable advice.
Most therapists are comfortable listening to other people’s stories and far less comfortable sharing their own stories. But Lori was very willing to share her personal story when she wrote “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.”
In it, she shared how therapy helped her life when she reached out for help after a difficultbreakup. She was open about the mistakes she was making and how therapy helped her to change the story she was telling herself.
One of the things Lori also shared was that she’s struggled with a mysterious illness for years. She struggled to get a clear diagnosis for the symptoms she was experiencing. Now, she’s talking about how to cope with achronic illness.
How the ‘Spoon Theory’ Can Help Us Make Sense of Chronic Illness
Lori talks about how invalidating it can be to get advice from someone who doesn’t understand your illness. A well-meaning person might tell you “You should start going to sleep earlier at night,” or they might say, “You should really avoid carbs. Then, you’d feel better.”
It’stough to open up to someoneabout your struggles but talking about the things you’re going through can help you grow mentally stronger.
It’s important, however, to ensure the people you are talking to are really able to listen with anempatheticear. That’s why support groups,therapy, and even online forums can be really helpful when you’re going through tough times.
Lori Gottlieb, MFTThere’s no hierarchy of illness. You have what you have and you have the struggles that you have.
Lori Gottlieb, MFT
There’s no hierarchy of illness. You have what you have and you have the struggles that you have.
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Links and ResourcesDear TED lettersVisit Lori’s website:LoriGottlieb.comListen to Lori’s podcast:Dear Therapists
Links and Resources
Dear TED lettersVisit Lori’s website:LoriGottlieb.comListen to Lori’s podcast:Dear Therapists
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