436 SelfWork: Seven Steps to Work Through Disappointment

What are the seven steps to work through disappointment? Here they are! 1) Grieve first. 2) Start getting perspective right off the bat. 3) Consider and acknowledge what your own part was or is in creating the disappointment. That's utilizing your internal locus control. 4) Acknowledge what you couldn't control, utilizing your external locus control. 5) Build back your energy, enthusiasm by choosing to do things that will bring you pleasure. And those dopamine receptors will love that. 6) Look for the windows that are opening as that door closes. Again, you might need friends to do that. 7) Reassess your disappointment. Take time in the next two or three months or even six months to look back and say, “All right, how do I perceive that disappointment now?" Our Sponsors: * Check out Happy Mammoth and use my code SELFWORK for a great deal: https://happymammoth.com * Check out Midi Health: https://trymidi.com/selfwork Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

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I'm Dr. Margaret, a psychologist for over 30 years, TEDx speaker, and the author of Perfectly Hidden Depression. I created The SelfWork Podcast in 2016 to explain mental health treatment and to give you the chance to consider therapy without thinking it's weird or that it somehow suggests you can't fix your own problems. My team is very honored that nine years later, SelfWork has earned nearly 5 million downloads! Each episode features the popular listener question as well as interviews with outstanding guests, authors, and experts, adding to the wide diversity of topics listeners so appreciate. Regularly rated as one of the top mental health/depression podcasts out there (ranked as a top .5% internationally) I keep it short, casual, and focused on "what you can do about it." I'd love to hear from you. Please join me.