Becoming Real with Dr. Lori

I became real in August of 1988. On my first day as a clinical intern at Henry Ford Hospital, I walked into Room Three and met a young man named Nelson — and nothing I had been trained to do prepared me for what happened next. This episode is the story underneath this entire podcast. It's about imposter syndrome, yes. But more than that, it's about the moment we face a choice: put the mask back on...

About this episode What does it mean to become real in a world that keeps rewarding performance? In this first solo episode of Becoming Real with Dr. Lori , I talk about why this podcast exists, what it means to become real in a noisy world, and why honest conversation still matters. In this episode: Why this podcast was born out of restlessness How grief and joy can live side by side Why division...

This is not another podcast full of quick tips and polished advice. This is an invitation to something more honest than that. Something happens when we stop pretending — when we put down the performance and start paying attention to what we actually know, feel, and need. Things begin to change. Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust is a clinical health psychologist with over 40 years in the therapy room, and she's...