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Is Therapy Making You Worse? With Dr. Richard Blake
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- May 22, 2026
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Summary
Step into a blow-me-away, deeply illuminating conversation with Dr. Richard Blake, psychologist, researcher, breathwork practitioner, and author of the upcoming book The Anxiety Industry . Richard shares his powerful journey through anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, binge eating, and compulsive behaviours, and how true transformation came when he moved beyond talk therapy into breathwork, nervous system regulation, and groundbreaking research. Together, we explore why mental illness rates keep rising despite more therapy and awareness than ever before, the hidden ways therapy culture can reinforce suffering, and how breathwork, neuroplasticity, and courageous nervous system work can open the door to real healing. This is an honest, edgy, and liberating conversation about moving beyond victimhood, building resilience, and meeting life with more courage, truth, and freedom. We also talk about: Therapy culture, "trauma inflation," and the unintended consequences of therapeutic language Family estrangement, emotional validation, and the difference between healing and reinforcing suffering Breathwork, psychedelics, neuroplasticity, and nervous system regulation Exposure therapy, stress resilience, and learning to stay present through discomfort Social media, comfort culture, lifestyle habits, and the collapse of meaning Community, purpose, movement, sleep, embodiment, and the practices that build true emotional capacity This friggin' fantastic, aligned, and enlivening episode invites us to question what we've inherited about healing, trauma, and mental health. Real growth is not about avoiding discomfort, but learning to stay present with greater capacity, awareness, and self-responsibility. Dr. Blake's work calls us back into the body, back into truth, and back into…