Episodes

  • Procrastination Holds You Back

    Procrastination Holds You Back
    Feb 2 2026
    Dr. K moves past complicated neuroscientific explanations to explain that procrastination is actually a manipulation by a primitive mind. He describes the mind as a "feral animal" that exists outside of your true self, constantly generating "false procrastination" to keep you from doing the work that matters. What to expect in this episode: • Your Mind is Not You: Learning to see the mind as activity rather than an object, allowing you to create the distance necessary to stop listening to its excuses. • The Boredom Scam: How the mind uses feelings of boredom and the thought that an action is "not enough" to trick you into returning to effortless activities like scrolling. • Training through Futility: Why doing "foolish" or "futile" actions—like meditation or raw-dogging existence—is the only way to prove to your mind that you are actually in chargeHG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3SztHG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • How High Performers Get Ahead

    How High Performers Get Ahead
    Jan 31 2026
    Dr. K examines the psychological profiles of billionaires, CEOs, and elite creators to reveal that their success often stems from being "broken in the right way". He challenges the idea that high performance is just about financial advantage, focusing instead on the internal insecurities and psychological pressures that drive exceptional people to outwork everyone else. What to expect in this episode: • The Performance Trap: How growing up with conditional love creates a lifelong insecurity that can only be quieted by achieving at a very high level. • Healthy Entitlement: Why elite achievers have the agency to leave toxic situations and the confidence to ask for help rather than complaining about the world's unfairness. • The Contentment Debuff: Why the biggest difference between high and low performers is the refusal to feel satisfied after finishing a simple taskHG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3SztHG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    16 mins
  • The Problem After Puer Aeternus

    The Problem After Puer Aeternus
    Jan 26 2026
    In this episode Dr. K sits down with content creator BSJ to discuss the hidden psychological weight that remains after tackling Puer Aeternus (the eternal youth). They explore how moving past the "commitment-phobe" phase is only the beginning of the journey, leading into a deeper dive into perfectionism, conditional love, and the "monster in the basement" that drives high-achievers to punish themselves even after they succeed. Key Topics:• Beyond Puer Aeternus: Why simply "taking the plunge" into a career or relationship is not the end goal, but rather the start of deeper psychological healing. • The Origins of Perfectionism: A powerful look at how childhood experiences—like being reminded of the two missed free throws instead of the eight successful ones—lead to an adulthood defined by constant self-critique. • The Weight of Being "Hard on Yourself": Understanding why high-achievers use self-induced pain as a motivational system and the immense mental exhaustion it causes over time. • The Role of Blame in Healing: Why Dr. K suggests that you must accurately place blame for childhood damage before you can truly forgive and move past it. • The Loneliness of "Leveling Up": Exploring the isolation that often accompanies emotional growth, as shifting your life path can create a wedge between you and your old peer groups. HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 hr and 23 mins
  • The Optimizer: Productive, But Miserable

    The Optimizer: Productive, But Miserable
    Jan 24 2026
    In this episode Dr. K explains why we often use productivity as a way to hide from our real problems and how to find the root cause of mental health struggles rather than just treating symptoms. He also covers why people with ADHD dive too deep into hobbies and the complicated truth about sharing feelings with a partner. Key Topics: The Productivity Trap: Why "optimizing" your life is often just a way to avoid solving major personal crises, like a failing marriage or career unhappiness. Fixing the "Root Directory": How treating core issues like rumination or internalizing can fix multiple mental health diagnoses at the same time.• ADHD and New Identities: Why people with ADHD don't just "try" hobbies but adopt them as entirely new personalities to find a life that finally "fits". The Truth About Sharing Feelings: Why sharing negative emotions can sometimes make a relationship worse, especially for those with social anxiety. Integrated Partners: Using Jungian archetypes to understand why hyper-polarized gender roles on social media often lead to emotionally unsafe relationships. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    3 hrs and 4 mins
  • Your Imagination Won't Fix Your Life

    Your Imagination Won't Fix Your Life
    Jan 19 2026
    Dr. K breaks down how getting stuck in regret, fantasy, and “what could have been” thinking can quietly block real change. When the mind keeps rewriting the past or imagining alternate versions of life, it feels productive, but it actually drains the emotional fuel needed to move forward in the present. This episode explores why fantasy can feel comforting but ultimately keeps people stuck, especially in depression. Dr. K explains how negative emotions are closely tied to learning and motivation, and why avoiding them through imagination, rumination, or distraction prevents real progress. The focus is not on fixing the past or visualizing a perfect future, but on tolerating the present long enough to take the next real step. Topics covered include: Why regret-based fantasy feels helpful but blocks action How imagination converts negative emotion into false relief The connection between negative emotion, learning, and motivation Why rewriting the past creates a false present you cannot act from How to shift from “what should have been” to “what do I do now” HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    15 mins
  • The Hidden Emotion Infecting Your Life (Dislike)

    The Hidden Emotion Infecting Your Life (Dislike)
    Jan 17 2026
    In this episode, Dr. K breaks down why disliking someone feels useful, addictive, and justified, yet quietly causes real damage to your mental clarity, stress levels, and long term decision making. Using personal stories, clinical examples, and research, he explains how hostility narrows your thinking, fuels rumination, and keeps you emotionally stuck, even when you believe dislike is protecting you or motivating change. Instead of pushing forgiveness or pretending bad behavior is acceptable, this episode focuses on removing dislike itself. Dr. K walks through a practical mindset shift rooted in compassion without tolerance, helping you judge people clearly, set realistic expectations, and make calm long term plans that are not driven by fluctuating emotions. Topics covered include: Why dislike is one of the most addictive emotions and how it distorts perception Hostile attribution bias and how disliking someone limits your ability to solve problems The physical and mental health costs of chronic hostility and stress Why forgiveness often fails and how removing dislike is different A step by step mental process for seeing people clearly and planning boundaries without emotional reactivity HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    19 mins
  • Work Culture Today Is Actually Unrealistic

    Work Culture Today Is Actually Unrealistic
    Jan 12 2026
    This episode breaks down why freelancing has gotten harder (not easier) in the platform era—and what actually helps people stay stable without burning out. Dr. K frames the problem as structural (platform incentives, competition, surveillance, ratings power) and argues the “survival move” is shifting from hope labor (do good work and hope it turns into more work) to relational labor (actively managing client relationships, expectations, and repeat business), while building independence outside any single platform. Topics covered include: The “autonomy paradox”: why freelancers often end up working longer, more chaotic hours despite “freedom.” Platform-driven squeeze: competition, undercutting, quality being hard to judge, and why price + speed become the default filters. Ratings + reputational dependence: how reviews become leverage, pushing freelancers to over-accommodate and get trapped on one platform. What works better than “hope labor”: relational labor—communication, expectation-setting, and relationship-building as part of the job. Survival strategies: diversify into adjacent skills, build a “home base” off-platform, and gather better feedback directly from clients (plus “distributed mentorship” communities). HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    28 mins
  • Why ADHD Brains Don't Have Space For Relationships

    Why ADHD Brains Don't Have Space For Relationships
    Jan 10 2026
    In this episode, Dr. K breaks down why ADHD can quietly erode relationships—and why it’s still fixable once you can see the pattern. He opens with bleak data (most partners report ADHD significantly harms the relationship and that they feel forced to “compensate”), then reframes those stats as useful: patterns are predictable, and predictable means preventable. The core issue he names is symptomatic misperception—a neurotypical partner interprets ADHD behaviors (forgetting, distractibility, missed plans) as “you don’t care,” creating an emotional injury on top of the practical problem. From there, he explains how many people with ADHD develop dysfunctional adaptations (like masking, shutting down emotionally, or avoiding commitments) to avoid conflict, but those coping strategies create new damage. He offers a repair approach: map the recurring behavior → identify what emotion you’re trying to avoid in your partner (often disappointment) → build a shared plan to tolerate and address that emotion without avoidance. He closes by highlighting pragmatic communication (turn-taking, not interrupting, tracking topics, nonverbal cues) as a common ADHD struggle that affects “connectedness,” and points toward couples-based ADHD therapy and skills training as evidence-based ways to improve. Topics covered include: Symptomatic misperception: ADHD symptoms being misread as a lack of care The “two injuries” problem: the practical miss (cake) + the meaning attached to it Dysfunctional adaptations: masking, avoidance, indecision, emotional shutdown A repair map: behavior → what you’re preventing → the core emotion → alternative plan Pragmatic communication skills and why ADHD disrupts conversational “flow” HG Coaching : https://bit.ly/46bIkdo Dr. K's Guide to Mental Health: https://bit.ly/44z3Szt HG Memberships : https://bit.ly/3TNoMVf Products & Services : https://bit.ly/44kz7x0 HealthyGamer.GG: https://bit.ly/3ZOopgQ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    20 mins