When Depression is in Your Bed℠
by Trish Sanders, LCSW
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#93 Perfect Is the Enemy of Connection: How Being Imperfect Can Make…
#93 Perfect Is the Enemy of Connection: How Being Imperfect Can Make…
About this podcast
When Depression Is in Your Bed℠ is a podcast about what happens when life gets hard and how we find our way back to connection.
Hosted by Trish Sanders, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Advanced Imago Relationship Therapist and Relationship Coach, each episode explores the complex relationship between our nervous systems, our relationships, and our emotional well-being.
Through a blend of personal stories, professional insights, and practical tools, Trish tackles topics such as depression, communication, perfectionism, neurodivergence, self-trust, conflict, repair, empathy, boundaries, attachment, nervous system regulation, and relational healing.
With honesty, warmth, and a deep belief in people's capacity to grow, Trish helps listeners understand not only why they get stuck, but how meaningful change becomes possible.
Whether you're struggling with depression, feeling disconnected from yourself or your partner, or simply trying to navigate life with more awareness and compassion, this podcast offers a roadmap back to connection, again and again.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 94 episodes
- #93 Perfect Is the Enemy of Connection: How Being Imperfect Can Make You Even More Lovable · 21 min · Episode 93Have you ever held yourself back from doing something you wanted to do because you were afraid you wouldn't be good enough? What if trying so hard to get everything right is…
- #92 Here We Go Again: Looking Closer When It Feels Like Nothing Has Changed · 23 min · Episode 92Have you ever found yourself thinking, “Here we go again,” just when you thought your relationship was finally making progress? Maybe you've been working on yourself…
- #91 Conversations That Connect: Creating Emotional & Sexual Intimacy · 22 min · Episode 91What if the conversations you've been avoiding could actually bring you closer to the people you love? When something feels difficult in a relationship, we often approach the…
- #90 The Grief in Growth: When Mourning the Past Comes With Moving Forward · 26 min · Episode 90Have you ever finally figured something out about yourself, only to find yourself wishing you'd figured it out years ago? Personal growth can be exciting, empowering, and even…
- #89 When You're So Focused on What's Next That You Miss What's Now Actually Living in Your Life · 17 min · Episode 89How often are you so busy thinking about what's next that you barely notice what's happening right now? There are things that need to get done. People we want to care for. Plans…
- #88 You Know Better, But Can't Always Do Better: What Makes Change Possible · 19 min · Episode 88Have you ever known exactly what you would like to do differently... and still found yourself unable to do it in the moment? Maybe you understand your patterns. You know your…
- #87 Getting Knocked Down and Finding Your Way Back Up: What Nervous System Flexibility Looks Like · 18 min · Episode 87Have you ever been knocked down by something and wondered, “After all the work I’ve done, why is this still so hard?” We sometimes imagine that growth will eventually make us so…
- #86 Counting Every Step Along the Way: Receiving Growth Before You've Fully Arrived · 15 min · Episode 86What happens when you can see that something is changing, but it still isn’t quite where you want it to be? Growth can be easier to recognize when the results are obvious. The…
- #85 The Real Trajectory of Growth When It Feels Like You're Back Where You Started · 16 min · Episode 85Have you ever thought you were finally making progress... only to find yourself right back in a familiar pattern and wonder if anything had really changed at all? Growth can be…
- #84 You Don't Have to Take My Word for It: Revising Old Stories and Building Trust · 13 min · Episode 84What happens when someone you love expects something from you that you truly wish they didn't... and you understand why they expect it? Our relationships are filled with…
- #83 Capacity Discrepancy: When "I Would" Becomes "You Should" · 16 min · Episode 83Have you ever looked at your partner and thought, "But I would never handle it that way"? I would have remembered. I would have asked for help. I would have taken care of it. If…
- #82 When the Backslide Doesn't Scare You Trusting the Way Back · 15 min · Episode 82What if healing isn't reaching a place where you never struggle again, but trusting yourself when you do? When things finally start feeling better, it can be surprisingly…
- #81 Expanded Capacity: When Life Doesn't Feel as Hard as It Used To · 13 min · Episode 81What if one of the clearest signs that you're healing isn't a huge breakthrough, but realizing that something that used to feel hard... just doesn't feel as hard anymore? Growth…
- #80 When Trying Harder Isn't Working: How Your Best Becomes Better · 13 min · Episode 80Have you ever felt like you're doing everything you can... and it still doesn't feel like enough? Maybe you've tried harder. Worked harder. Pushed yourself harder. And yet…
- #79 When Caring Feels Like Criticism: How Fear Changes the Conversation · 11 min · Episode 79Have you ever tried to help someone you love, only to have your care experienced as criticism? It can be one of the most frustrating and confusing experiences in a relationship…
- #78 The Road to Growth: How Relationships Change Our Expectations · 13 min · Episode 78What if the people we love aren't just shaping our memories? What if they're shaping what we come to expect? Whether we realize it or not, every relationship is shaping what…
- #77 Prediction as Protection: When Disappointment Clouds the Bright Spots · 14 min · Episode 77What if your brain isn't expecting the worst because you're pessimistic? What if it's trying to protect you? Have you ever noticed how easy it is to say, "Of course..." when…
- #76 Connecting Through Struggle: Why It Felt Safe and Kept Me Stuck · 13 min · Episode 76What if one of the primary ways you've learned to connect with other people has also been quietly keeping you stuck? In this episode, I explore a realization that completely…
- #75 Staying the Course: When Disappointment Doesn't Have to Become Dysregulation · 13 min · Episode 75What if healing doesn't mean you stop feeling disappointed, but that disappointment no longer has the power to pull you into the same old stories? In this episode, I share a very…
- #74 Finding My People: The Connection Paradox and the Search for Belonging · 12 min · Episode 74What if the thing you've been searching for all along, connection, community, and a sense of belonging, is also the thing you've been protecting yourself from? In this episode, I…
