PLAYING-IT-SAFE

Imagine for a moment that all knowledge is represented in the shape of a pie that adds up to 100%; there is maybe 5% of things we know, another 15% of what we don’t know, and 80% of things we don’t know we don’t know. The reality is that as much as we want, wish, and hope for, we don’t know the answer to many things: Am I making the right decision? Am I going to be accepted? Is this the right way...

In this week's episode of the Playing-it-Safe podcast, I chat with Sarah Peck, M.A., founder of Startup Parent, an open water swimmer, a trained yoga teacher, and a writer. In this conversation, Sarah shares how  she gives herself permission to be a good enough parent,   how she handles worry thoughts about her parenting, and how she manages her day-to-day activities as a mom, partner, a...

"Values" is a word that gets thrown around a great deal these days, and it means different things to different people. In this episode, Dr. Z describes what values are within Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and what they're not. Before you go, we do have a couple of things to tell you about! (1) ACT beyond OCD, an online class for any person struggling with OCD is opening doors soon; you...

From the outside our lives may look great, fun, and perfect! But sometimes, our lives get messy, complicated, and hard to handle because unexpected things happen. On top of that, some contextual situations make things extra hard for us: struggles with mental health, being of a different race, having a different gender identity, belonging to a different religious group, and many more. In this conve...

Do you struggle with overthinking problems? Do you think and think to the point of feeling anxious, hopeless, or stressed out? Have you ever tried to “think your way out” of one of these thought spirals? In this episode, Dr. Z discusses why it is important to develop a new relationship with your mind and how to do so. She shares three specific tips that you can put into action right away! Before y...

In this conversation you will hear how Dr. Jill Stoddard, a TEDx speaker, author, ACT clinician, and mother of two children, practices self-compassion, develops a growth- mindset, and faces her fears of not being an expert on a given topic. If you like this episode, and feel generous, please write us a review! It helps with making this podcast available to others! (*) Show notes and resources of t...

In this episode, Dr. Z. share with you some tips on how to practice mindfulness-on-the-go when things go wrong, south, and terribly bad. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and actionable skills to stop ineffective playing-it-safe (*) Figure out your playing-it-safe profile in 5 minutes and identify the key thinking strategies that kee...

Few times we have the opportunity to see how therapists walk the walk, put into action what they know about managing fears, anxieties and worries, and what it means to make a shift from struggling to thriving. In this personal, relatable and real conversation, I chat with Michael Heady, LCPC and discuss how the fears of making mistakes, having high standards and imposter syndrome show up and how w...

Mindfulness practices go hand-in-hand with compassion practices. There are so many ways to put them into action in our lives. In this episode, I share a brief tip that you can practice anytime and anywhere to show kindness to yourself and discuss what connects mindfulness and self-compassion. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and act...

One of the roots of humility comes from Latin and it means "from earth." Humility is about being grounded and recognizing that we're humans, flawed, and fallible. This second part of my conversation with Steve Hayes, PhD., co-founder of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), is about the role of humility in science, in our lives, and in our belief systems. You will hear specifically: (1) How Ste...

In this episode, Dr. Z shares how to practice mindfulness on-the-go when dealing with overwhelming fear-based emotions, why practicing mindfulness-on-the-go in your day-to-day life is important, and tips to catch some of the most common responses when dealing with uncomfortable experiences. Each week  I create resources to get unstuck from worries, fears, anxieties, and obsessions so you can...

Many of us grew up in a world that told us that we should be fearless, jump off the cliff, and eliminate fear from our lives. In a very intimate conversation, I chat with Steve Hayes, Ph. D., a co-founder of acceptance and commitment therapy, about his relationship to fear, anxieties, and worries and how his personal experience and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) unfolded simultaneously. T...

Do you have to have a puppy face or a poker facer when practicing mindfulness? Is mindfulness different than meditation? Mindfulness is all over; in academic settings, social media, low-key conversations, tv shows, media news, and more. We're living in a mindfulness revolution. Yet, despite all the dissemination, there are still misconceptions about it. In this episode, Dr. Z discusses common myth...

In this episode, Dr. Z. speaks briefly about the intersection of procrastination and perfectionism. How, although they may seem to be different and isolated problems, they are in fact not. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and actionable skills to stop ineffective playing-it-safe (*) Figure out your playing-it-safe profile in 5 minut...

New episode: Interview with Dr. Cheryl Robinson, @embracethepivot, also known as the Queen of Pivoting. We chatted about how people make pivots in their careers and in their mindsets. In her research, Cheryl has identified 3 processes that help people to make a pivot; she shared the specifics of each one of them in our conversation. We also chatted about self-confidence and discussed how we think...

Is it wrong to pay attention to details? How does it really work? In this episode I discuss how selective attention leads us to perfectionistic behaviors and invite you to check the impact of those actions when doing things that you deeply care about. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and actionable skills to stop ineffective playing...

In this episode I chat with Clarissa Ong, a predoctoral intern at McLean Hospital/Harvard Medical School. We discussed the difference between values and pliance, how Acceptance and Commitment Therapy approaches perfectionistic behaviors, what's unique about it, and how to pay attention to rules when wanting to do things right and perfect. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive fr...

This is part 3 of a series of perfectionism. In this episode, I share five skills you can practice to handle the fear of making mistakes when it's getting in your way of living a rich, purposeful and meaningful life. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and actionable skills to stop ineffective playing-it-safe (*) Figure out your playin...

In this episode, I chat with Elizabeth Saunders, a Time Coach that specializes in helping her clients to "get things done" in a way that is sustainable, livable and enjoyable. Elizabeth shares with us how she was playing-it-safe by working as much as she could, how she made the shift from being a human-doing to a human-being, how she approaches projects by considering seasonal distress, how she ha...

Are you invested in doing things right and perfect? Are you spending hours and hours getting things done to the point that you get trapped in your mind and don't take action. If the answer is yes, this is a series you can listen to. In this episode, I discuss what's behind those perfectionistic behaviors and what you can do to handle them effectively. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (...

In this episode I chat with Paul Jarvis, author of Company of One, and a proponent that "less is more" when running your business. In this conversation, you will hear how Paul handles his fears of making mistakes, impostor syndrome, how he went from writing a cooking book to writing Company of One, how he approaches larger projects, and who he would like to have a cup of coffee with. (*) Show note...

Are you invested in doing things right and perfect? Are you spending hours and hours getting things done to the point that you get trapped in your mind and don't take action. If the answer is yes, this is a series you can listen to. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free weekly science-based, compassionate, and actionable skills to stop ineffective playing-it-safe (*) Figure...

In this episode Dr. Z. chats with Dr. Russ Harris, M.D., author of The Happiness Trap, The Reality Slap and many other self-help books. Russ shares how he applies skills from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) - grounding, defusion, acceptance - to his writing process. In particular, he shares how he handles his fears of making mistakes, thoughts about his writing not being good enough, his i...

Jason Adam Katzenstein is the author of "Everything is an Emergency." In this interview, we talked about his creative process when working on his comic book, his successes in dealing with obsessions, how he handles different types of fears, in particular fears about uncertainty, making mistakes, and not doing things right & perfect. (*) Show notes and resources of this episode (*) Receive free...

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