How to Deal with Depression: Finding Meaning, Self-Compassion, and Emotional Resilience

About this episode

Dr. Jeffrey Rubin reframes depression as a message rather than an enemy, discussing its implications and how to cope with it.

What if depression isn’t an enemy — but a message? In this episode, Dr. Jeffrey Rubin, a pioneer in integrating Eastern meditation with Western psychotherapy, shares a powerful reframing of depression. Instead of viewing it as proof that something is wrong with us, he invites us to consider what it might be trying to tell us. Dr. Rubin explains: Why depression often feels permanent (even though it isn’t)How shame and self-criticism deepen sufferingThe three illusions depression createsWhy we ...

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Host: Jeffrey Rubin

Guest: Dr Jeffrey Rubin

Topics covered

• depression
• self-compassion
• emotional resilience
• Eastern meditation
• Western psychotherapy

Keywords

• mental health
• shame
• self-criticism
• illusions of depression

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