Episode 2041 – Author, professor, radio host, and television commentator Dr. Wendy Walsh joins Vinnie to talk her career, mental health and physical health, the importance of healthy relationships, overcoming challenges from within, and more.
DR. WENDY WALSH
- Dr. Walsh is on the TV, radio, and more.
- She was journalist for many years.
- In doing so, she turned science into simple English.
- Eventually, she went to therapy to learn about relationships.
- Then, during pregnancy and raising toddlers, she went back to grad school and learned about relationships and attachmentÂ
- She became obsessed with attachment theory and evolutionary psychology — she got her PhD in this!
- Dr. Walsh survived rape, abuse, domestic violence, and more, but raised two wildly successful children and has had incredible success in her life, despite all of the trauma.
- The changes came to her from within her.
HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS
- What we know is that early attachment trauma and issues with relationships lead to disease.
- If you have attachment and anxiety, you are more prone to disease like higher cortisone, diabetes, heart disease and more.
- Instead, if you had healthy relationships, you are more likely to be healthy, less stressed, and live longer.
- As a teenager, she was shipped off to Paris to model.
- She was raped by those in charge.
- She did not understand what was normal or how she should be treated.
- She was raped by those in charge.
- Eventually, she looked at relationships the wrong way and ended up in unhealthy relationships.
- It is wildly important be raised with or find healthy relationships.
- This might take work but it affects your physical health.
- It’s also important to have a healthy relationship with yourself.
- Do not stop yourself before you try.
- Give yourself a chance! Do not apologize, but try. Dr. Walsh gives an example of this in searching for loans.
