Latest episodes
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52 min
World DBT Summit Coming – Episode 127
Charlie interviews Michaela Swales and Alec Miller, the co-hosts of the DBT World Summit that takes place October 28-30. Learn all that you need to know about this amazing first-ev…
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28 min
Synchronized Swimming – Episode 126
In this podcast Charlie recalls a piece of biological research he did 57 years ago, at college. He pursued the question: how is it that the 2 billion cells of the human heart, each…
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36 min
Nuggets of Gold in Piles of Sand – Episode 122
In this podcast, Charlie reflects on a recent consultation as a window into the way in which memory is tethered to certain moments, as an example of Linehan’s metaphor for validati…
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57 min
When Hell is an Attack on Democracy – Episode 116
In this podcast, Charlie draws from DBT in search of ways to understand the current assault on democracy in the United States, and to become more effective at taking care of onesel…
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1 h 07
“As Bad A Year As It Was, It Was As Good As It Could Have Been” – Episode 109
In a manner that is absolutely true to these words from her DBT and life mentor, Seth Axelrod, Andrea Gold has completed her one year of prescribed treatment for breast cancer, wit…
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46 min
Guaranteed Success, By Design – Episode 108
> In part 2 of the conversation with world class trainer Cem Eren, join Charlie and Nicole and enter the Lion’s Den, a practice environment thoughtfully constructed to support our…
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48 min
Skillful Mind Training, Embodied – Episode 107
“In this episode, Nicole and Charlie tap into the wisdom that Cem Eren has gained from two decades of training elite NBA athletes, boxers, bodybuilders, beauty contestants, and ord…
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1 h 08
Identity Grammar – Episode 106
What shapes the syntax of Self? How does context inform our inner lexicons? Are we more than the sum of all our actions? In this episode Charlie and Nic explore the ways we find me…
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1 h 07
Skillful Grieving, Making Meaning from Suffering, and a Dinosaur – Episode 105
In this second of our two-episode conversation with Natalia Garcia about her grieving process over the years since the death of her two-year-old son, we focus in on her altered rel…
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1 h 01
Who IS that Woman?! – Episode 104
Since Nicole joined Charlie as co-host, several long-time listeners have asked Charlie, Who IS that woman?! It’s actually a great question and the answer is far from simple. In thi…
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1 h 26
In Her Own Words – Natalia Garcia on Coping with Loss and Trauma with Opposite Action and an Approach Lifestyl…
In 2018, Natalia Garcia spoke with me over three podcast episodes about how she was dealing with the catastrophic and traumatic death of her two year old son eight months earlier.…
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1 h 07
Long Grieving, Complicated Joy, and Flowers That Grow Around a Hole in the Heart – Episode 102
In June of 2018, eight months following the death of her two-year-old son to the Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC), Natalia Garcia joined this podcast for three episodes…
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1 h 11
5 Years, 100 Episodes, 7 Lessons for Surviving Hell – Episode 101
In this episode, Charlie reflects on 100 episodes spent exploring human suffering. He synthesizes wisdom from interviews including coping with natural disaster, loss of a child, su…
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1 h 00
The Long Reach of Loss – Suicide Outside the Immediate Family – Episode 100
In the final episode of our 4 part Series on coping with Suicide in the family, we hear from Teddy’s fiancé Mariya. Mariya’s developed a personal friendship with Ross and shares ab…
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1 h 04
A Brother and a Best Friend Lost to Suicide (Part 3) – Episode 99
In the 3rd of our 4 Part Series on coping with suicide in the family, we speak with Beth’s son, and Ross’ brother, Teddy. Teddy shares his perspective on growing up as an older sib…
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1 h 03
Skillful Coping with Cancer (Part 3): Friendship is Good Medicine – Episode 98
In this episode, the third of four on how Andrea has coped with Cancer throughout 2022, her best friend Amy joins the conversation and they talk about what has happened in their fr…
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1 h 11
Death by Suicide of a Charismatic Young Man in a Loving Family (part 2) – Episode 97
In this episode (part 2), Charlie and Nicole speak with Beth about her son Ross who ended his life two years ago. We hear about Beth, the family, and Ross leading up to his death.…
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1 h 08
Death by Suicide of a Charismatic Young Man in a Loving Family – Episode 96
In this episode, Charlie and Nicole speak with Beth about her son Ross who ended his life two years ago. We hear about Beth, the family, and Ross leading up to his death. In future…
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1 h 02
Principles in Practice – The Narcissist in DBT Therapy- Episode 95
In this episode, Charlie and Nicole role play and then discuss a therapy session in which Charlie patiently sifts through the layers of defensive grandiosity and wounded pride that…
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1 h 07
Narcissistic Behavior Patterns Through a DBT Lens – Episode 94
In this podcast, Charlie and Nicole contrast DBT versus psychodynamic models for narcissistic patients. Charlie demonstrates how to talk with these patients about the diagnosis wit…