{"podcast":{"title":"The Healthy Compulsive Project","slug":"the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244","podcast_index_feed_id":6461244,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-healthy-compulsive-project","website_url":"http://www.thehealthycompulsive.com","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3Z4FrNTtaHlK27t8brtqmxn006G2uLEJu-MYwaFMU0A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzMTY0LzE2ODkw/MDgwMzAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Gary Trosclair","episode_count":116,"summary":"For six years The Healthy Compulsive Project has been offering information, insight and inspiration for OCPD, obsessive-compulsive personality, perfectionism, micro-managers and Type A personality. Anyone who’s ever been known to overwork, overplan, overcontrol or overanalyze is welcome here, where the obsessive-compulsive personality is explored and harnessed to deliver what it was originally meant to deliver. Join psychotherapist, Jungian psychoanalyst and author Gary Trosclair as he delves into the pitfalls and potential of the driven personality with an informative, positive, and often playful approach to this sometimes-vexing character style.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-09T18:17:16.926055+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 107: Waking Up from the Strange Comfort of the Obsessive-Compulsive Dream","slug":"ep-107-waking-up-from-the-strange-comfort-of-the-obsessive-compulsive-dream","published_at":"2026-02-10T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-107-waking-up-from-the-strange-comfort-of-the-obsessive-compulsive-dream","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/57dd7698","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/57dd7698/4f8ad1a4.mp3","summary":"What if the machine controlling your life isn’t out there—but inside you? Using The Matrix as a lens, this post exposes how maladaptive obsessive‑compulsive personality patterns act like internal programs that hijack authenticity, drain energy, and keep us locked in a dream of perfection, urgency, and control. Drawing from psychological research and Jungian theory, it reveals how these inner mechanisms develop, how they deceive us, and—most importantly—how we can take the red pill, wake up, and choose a more conscious, compassionate way of living.","meta_description":"What if the machine controlling your life isn’t out there—but inside you? Using The Matrix as a lens, this post exposes how maladaptive obsessive‑compulsi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1140,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/episodes/ep-107-waking-up-from-the-strange-comfort-of-the-obsessive-compulsive-dream/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-107-waking-up-from-the-strange-comfort-of-the-obsessive-compulsive-dream.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}