{"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. 114: Can't Identify Your Feelings? You Might Have Alexithymia—The Unspeaking Heart","slug":"ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart","published_at":"2026-05-15T01:26:13+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f4edbd5","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/3f4edbd5/d3519149.mp3","summary":"If you’ve ever felt unsure what you want, relied on logic where feeling should guide you, or wondered why emotions seem elusive, this post is for you. Alexithymia—“the unspeaking heart”—is not a lack of feeling, but a learned and often inherited difficulty accessing it. Drawing on research, clinical insight, and everyday examples, this piece examines how emotions become blocked, the quiet costs of living without emotional clarity, and how the heart can relearn to speak through awareness, therapy, and practice.","meta_description":"If you’ve ever felt unsure what you want, relied on logic where feeling should guide you, or wondered why emotions seem elusive, this post is for you. Ale…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1701,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-healthy-compulsive-project-6461244/episodes/ep-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart/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-114-can-t-identify-your-feelings-you-might-have-alexithymia-the-unspeaking-heart.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}