What does it really mean to be authentic?Last episode, we explored autonomy. Now we turn to authenticity.Why isn’t saying what you feel always the same as being true to yourself?Do we confuse honesty with reactivity?Can we show up without performing?Dr. Lia Roth breaks down how to stop over-explaining, reduce people-pleasing, and speak from a place that actually holds.

What does it really mean to be authentic? Last episode, we explored autonomy. Now we turn to authenticity. Why isn’t saying what you feel always the same as being true to yourself? Do we confuse honesty with reactivity? Can we show up without performing? Dr. Lia Roth breaks down how to stop over-explaining, reduce people-pleasing, and speak from a place that actually holds.

Autonomy & Authenticity: Say Less, Mean More

Fuck Freud. Shrink Me? I’m Just Waking Up isThe podcast for people who suspect their self-knowledge might be performing for an audience.
Dr. Lia Roth — psychoanalyst, author, and professional detector of scripts people mistake for personality — takes apart the roles we slip into when the relational field stops feeling safe.
Betrayal. Shame. Desire. Relational theory. Narrative identity. Meaning. Recognition. Autonomy. Attachment.
No wellness platitudes. No soft-focus healing theater. Just short, sharp episodes about what the body registers before the mind writes the press release.
Every Sunday, we clear the noise, spot the crack, and come back to what actually matters.
Questioning your favorite self-description may have side effects. Fortunately, I'm not that kind of doctor, so this is not medical advice. It's worse. It might actually start to make sense.
Topics: psychoanalysis, relational theory, betrayal, shame, attachment, narrative identity, meaning-making, autonomy, recognition vs. approval, psychology podcast, self-help critique, desire

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Fuck Freud. Shrink Me? I’m Just Waking Up isThe podcast for people who suspect their self-knowledge might be performing for an audience. Dr. Lia Roth — psychoanalyst, author, and professional detector of scripts people mistake for personality — takes apart the roles we slip into when the relational field stops feeling safe. Betrayal. Shame. Desire. Relational theory. Narrative identity. Meaning. Recognition. Autonomy. Attachment. No wellness platitudes. No soft-focus healing theater. Just short, sharp episodes about what the body registers before the mind writes the press release. Every Sunday, we clear the noise, spot the crack, and come back to what actually matters. Questioning your favorite self-description may have side effects. Fortunately, I'm not that kind of doctor, so this is not medical advice. It's worse. It might actually start to make sense. Topics: psychoanalysis, relational theory, betrayal, shame, attachment, narrative identity, meaning-making, autonomy, recognition vs. approval, psychology podcast, self-help critique, desire

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