The ASSertive Podcast

We look at a post where our author is struggling with her significant other being unsupportive with her weight loss efforts. We discuss body image, food rules, discuss the drawbacks of Keto and Intermittent Fasting, and dismiss common weight loss marketing tactics. We also explore how lifestyle changes we make impact relationship dynamics.

We look at a post where friends share diet and weight loss tips and we delve into the weight loss culture and we touch on food rules, emotional eating, intuitive eating, set points and how to have a healthy relationship with nutrition.

We look at a post regarding addiction and explore enabling vs. tough love, how rescuing children from distress can impact us in adulthood and how to prevent relapse. 

We look at a post regarding addiction and explore harm reduction vs. abstinence, the stages of change, and distinguish between a lapse and relapse. We also introduce a relapse autopsy and how to effectively use it and discuss appropriate expectations in addiction. 

We continue looking at the thought error of entitlement, this time in regards to a friendship. We discuss the benefits of direct communication and normalize outgrowing friendships. 

We have an open conversation about entitlement when a spouse gets big-headed after a promotion. A little less psychoeducation but still plenty to learn and plenty of laughs.

We break down a post regarding conflict avoidance within a romantic relationship and discuss personality traits vs. learned behaviors, appropriate expectations, core beliefs around conflict, how to have difficult conversations and skills for getting to a win-win.

We break down a post regarding miscommunication within the family dynamic and discuss triangulation, active listening, empathy building, conflict avoidance tactics, and shifting perspectives. 

We look at the connection between shame and confidence, coping with excess shame, and managing narcissism. We also tackle buzz word concepts of self-compassion, self-love, and self-care.

We explore the data shame provides and how it is important to us and the systems we are apart of. We define Narcissist Personality Disorder gaslighting, and cognitive dissonance. We also differentiate between tactful and tactless honesty.