Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast. artwork

Zach Westerbeck: Managing intrusive thoughts and how to light yourself up instead of burning yourself out.

Before You Kill Yourself: a suicide prevention podcast.

English - January 31, 2022 08:00 - 1 hour - 87.6 MB - ★★★★★ - 119 ratings
Health & Fitness Science Social Sciences emotions emotional parenting suicide survivors suicide attempt teenage suicide kill myself triggers crisis covid-19 Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed


Author, college success coach and speaker joins me to discuss his book, "You're Not Alone: The only book you'll ever need to overcome anxiety and depression.

Website: https://zachwesterbeck.com/press/

We discuss:

managing OCDunknown use for meditationreducing intrusive thoughtshow to cope with a brain that is "betraying you"why you're not "weak, weird or different"why exhaustion and being wired is so painfulwhy feeling like "there's no way out" is a great place to startusing (ERP) Exposure Response Prevention for unwanted and obsessive thoughtswhy therapy and meditation does work"Brain Health Blueprint"how to detach from the outcomefind out if you're pouring water or gasoline on the fire