Episode 376 - How to Make Your Crazy Work for You. From Trauma to Self-Acceptance and Love with Dr. Grant Brenner

<p>Practicing self-care actively and being compassionate, resilient, or kind to yourself doesn't mean you are soft or weak. Besides, part of treating yourself well is being firm and holding yourself accountable.</p><br><p>We all have a massive potential for positive change; we just need to find (or build) the right conditions for it.</p><br><p>This week, I'm joined by Dr. Grant Brenner, a board-certified physician-psychiatrist, an entrepreneur, teacher, speaker, and co-author of several books: "Irrelationship: How We Use Dysfunctional Relationships to Hide from Intimacy," "Relationship Sanity: Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships," and the most recent, "Making Your Crazy Work For You: From Trauma and Isolation to Self-Acceptance and Love."</p><br><p>Throughout our conversation, Dr. Grant talks about his upbringing and how growing up in a very intellectual environment enticed him to enjoy learning and constantly pursue self-development. He kindly shared tools he uses to motivate self-help readers and self-development seekers, like the GRAFTS assessment or the 40-20-40 model.</p><br><p>Additionally, he explains how to nurture and cultivate healthy, resilient responses, how leaders can spot their professional blind spots, how to give and ask for feedback safely, and much more.</p><br><p>Tune in and learn more about how to make your crazy work for you.</p><br><p><strong>Some Questions I Ask:</strong></p><p>Please, tell us about your background and the turning points in your life that led to where you are today (4:01)</p><p>How do you use the GRAFTS assessment? (10:35)</p><br><p><strong>In This Episode, You Will Learn:</strong></p><p>What the GRAFTS assessment is (7:10)</p><p>About Dr. Grant's books. A hybrid of self-help books and self-help workbooks (11:11)</p><p>How we can use our trauma for good (16:12)</p><p>Give yourself room to reflect. Become your best buddy (21:09)</p><p>How to detect (and learn from) our professional blind spots as leaders (23:54)</p><p>What does practicing deep self-care look like