Taking Risks After Hurt or Disappointment

Chocolate Psychology: Quick Bites of Encouragement

Chocolate Psychology: Quick Bites of Encouragement
Taking Risks After Hurt or Disappointment
Sep 29, 2025 Season 1 Episode 2
Dr. Tricia Groff

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When we've been in difficult work situations or relationships, we're often left with emotional dents. It's difficult for these scars to heal, even when we logically understand that the new situation or relationship is different. A "corrective emotional experience" is a term from clinical psychology that conceptualizes what happens when we engage in a new, positive situation or relationship that helps to heal the emotional scars of previous negative ones.  Dr. Groff provides examples in areas such as people recovering from toxic work environments, finding safe churches, or feeling understood within a business group. This episode can be listened to as a stand-alone episode; it also adds depth and broadens the thought process on developing personal self-confidence, as described in Episode 1. 

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