Dr. Sue Varma

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1,488 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 23 Jun

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unPAUSED with Dr. Mary Claire Haver · Train Your Brain To Thrive Through Menopause · 23 Jun 2026 podcast

Because you clearly know that there's a disconnect between how you feel and how you want to feel.

And that, to me, is where motivation comes in.

I know.

Yes.

I'm going to say something which sounds contradictory to what I want to say.

On one hand, I think a sense of acceptance in life is important.

right?

Like change what you can and accept what you can't.

I remember one of the things that came out of my work with 9-11 survivors was telling somebody like, you know, just go back to work.

And they're like, but the world is not a safe place, you know?

And how do you argue with that, right?

Like there could be another attack tomorrow.

How do I know?

And I realized that as a therapist, like I also have to create room for acceptance.

That one of the things I learned in my Eastern upbringing is a question to ask yourself when you feel super, super frustrated and you feel like there's nothing else you can do.

Ask yourself, is this a problem to be solved or a truth to be accepted?

So if you've lost someone, a loved one, and you're grieving, you can't bring them back, right?

You can't undo a tragedy or a horrific situation.

So in those circumstances, when I say when a person feels completely helpless and they have tried every which way, I think in those moments, sometimes acceptance is useful.

But at the same time, that's where the practical optimism comes in.

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