Brad Stulberg

Like there was no, I was not in good enough mental health to create any kind of good intellectual work.

Like there was no, I was not in good enough mental health to create any kind of good intellectual work.

When I got to the other side of it, that's when I could look back and examine, hey, here are the things that I've learned in therapy.

When I got to the other side of it, that's when I could look back and examine, hey, here are the things that I've learned in therapy.

Here are maybe some of the things that I've overlooked in the past.

Here are maybe some of the things that I've overlooked in the past.

And oh, when I hear so many people that I work with in my coaching practice complaining about being restless or never being able to turn it off or constantly checking their email or social media, I now have this new framework to think about it, which are, sure, these aren't extreme clinical obsessions, but so many of the things in day-to-day life that make us feel restless and anxious are

And oh, when I hear so many people that I work with in my coaching practice complaining about being restless or never being able to turn it off or constantly checking their email or social media, I now have this new framework to think about it, which are, sure, these aren't extreme clinical obsessions, but so many of the things in day-to-day life that make us feel restless and anxious are

are very similar in the fact that they're things that we don't want to be thinking about or we don't want to be feeling, but we feel like we get sucked into them and we're not really sure how.

are very similar in the fact that they're things that we don't want to be thinking about or we don't want to be feeling, but we feel like we get sucked into them and we're not really sure how.

And that became the operating hypothesis on the book.

And that became the operating hypothesis on the book.

I think something else to say that's really important is about four to five months, let's see, no, actually it's closer to seven months into experiencing OCD, I decided to write an essay

I think something else to say that's really important is about four to five months, let's see, no, actually it's closer to seven months into experiencing OCD, I decided to write an essay

that went into pretty intense detail about my experience.

that went into pretty intense detail about my experience.

And the genesis of that was exactly what you said when we brought up this topic.

And the genesis of that was exactly what you said when we brought up this topic.

To the outside world, I'm like 31-year-old whiz kid coaching world-class athletes and executives in a best-selling book and another one on the way.

To the outside world, I'm like 31-year-old whiz kid coaching world-class athletes and executives in a best-selling book and another one on the way.