Utilizing Curiosity to Develop Resilience and Eliminate Harmful Comparison with Jennifer Glass, LCSW

Welcome to another episode of Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast. Today, we will be sitting down with one of my dear friends and one of New York City's best therapists, named by New York Magazine, Jennifer Glass. Jennifer graduated from NYU with a master's in social work, completed her post grad training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Training Institute for Mental health, and has a private practice in NYC.

 

In this episode, we will dive right into how to use curiosity to develop resilience, and how this then provides us with intentional choice. Let’s dive in! 






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Show Notes

[00:01 - 05:56] Opening Segment

  • Thank you for listening to the podcast

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  • I introduce our guest for this episode

  • Jennifer talks about being seen, heard, and loved

    • Knowing what these mean

    • Importance of being vulnerable in our relationships

 

[05:57 - 37:08]  Looking at the Process of Healing

  • Compassionate inquiry

    • Being compassionate is central to therapy

    • Being willing to question something

  • Allowing ourselves to be curious, curiosity to develop resilience

  • The dangers of comparison

    • Feeling small and positioning ourselves as losers

    • Knowing when to step back

  • Relationship we have with ourselves

    • Most impactful

    • Tuning our dialogues with ourselves

  • How to strengthen relationship with self

    • There should be intent

    • Recognize that you have a choice

    • Rewriting the narrative

[37:09 - 47:44] Closing Segment 

  • Talking about feelings

  • Cultivating compassion and kindness to ourselves

  • Connect with Jennifer through the links below

  • Final words


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Tweetable Quotes

When we put space between something that affects us and our response to it, we allow for the possibility of curiosity.” - Jennifer Glass

 

“There’s a lot of empowerment that happens when we actually recognize the truth, that we have a choice as to how we see ourselves and feel about ourselves.” - Jennifer Glass



 


 

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