I'm Dr. Z., a clinical psychologist and an author. In PLAYING-IT-SAFE I will share with you research based-skills, interviews, readings, insights, tips, and all types of curated info to get unstuck from worries, anxieties, fears, obsessions, and ineffective playing-it-safe actions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Signup to Generate a PitchI'm Dr. Z., a clinical psychologist and an author. In PLAYING-IT-SAFE I will share with you research based-skills, interviews, readings, insights, tips, and all types of curated info to get unstuck from worries, anxieties, fears, obsessions, and ineffective playing-it-safe actions.
Recent episodes include "112. Committed Action: Doing It Without Feeling Ready" (30 October 2026, 9 minutes), "111. Values: What you Actually Care About" (24 October 2026, 12 minutes), and "110. The Present Moment: Where You Aren't" (15 October 2026, 11 minutes).
PLAYING-IT-SAFE publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 12 minutes across 93 episodes.
Booking probability for PLAYING-IT-SAFE is 24%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. PLAYING-IT-SAFE requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. PLAYING-IT-SAFE's contact route on record: verified email.
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PLAYING-IT-SAFE is a health podcast with 93 episodes published.
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Nobody puts “renew the car registration” on the Someday list. There is a note on your phone, and on it, there is one thing that has been there longer than everything else. You knew which one before the sentence...
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This podcast episode is about values: what they are, why "just set some boundaries" was always going to fail, and ways to find yours in your everyday life. What you will learn: A definition of values. Why being a good...
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Two hours at dinner. You were there for about twenty minutes of it. You are at dinner with people you love, and you are in a meeting that happens on Thursday. You are running it: what I will say, what they will say...
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There is a difference between having a description and being one. An email comes in asking you to run the training, and before you finish reading it, your mind says, "I am not a teacher. I am not that kind of person."...
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There's an email that's been sitting in your drafts for eleven days, and the only thing stopping it is one sentence in your head that you've never checked. This episode is about defusion, one of the six core processes...
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Your mind runs a control agenda all day long. Some of its strategies are obvious: distraction, keeping busy, opting out. And some look nothing like control at all: the silver lining, the blessing count, the lesson. Same...
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You're not avoiding the conversation. You're avoiding how it will feel to have it. If you've ever reorganized your inbox instead of making the difficult call or started researching instead of starting the thing, this...
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You've been calling it acceptance. But, if your world has gotten quieter, smaller, and safer since the painful thing happened, that might be resignation. In this episode, Dr. Z tackles one of the most confusing...
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You're not missing information. You're missing a different question. This episode is for anyone sitting inside an impossible decision, one where every option feels wrong, the pros-and-cons list has been rewritten twelve...
She was at every party. But she was never fully in the room. Safety crutches, the subtle playing-it-safe moves that keep anxiety temporarily quiet, look nothing like avoidance. You're showing up. You're present...
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She got the answer. Felt better for twelve minutes. Then she asked again. Reassurance-seeking is one of the most common and least-recognized playing-it-safe behaviors. It looks like due diligence. It feels like...
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The presentation went well. For two days after, he couldn't stop replaying the four seconds when he lost his train of thought. His mind decided those four seconds were the truth about the whole thing, not the standing...
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After a distraction, it takes an average of 23 minutes to return to the original task. Not because you're weak. Because your environment was built using the same behavioral principles as slot machines to pull your...
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Accurately estimating how hard something will be requires sitting with the discomfort of its difficulty. And your mind would rather not. In this new episode of Playing-It-Safe we discussed the research on time, flow...
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"I want to finish this project" sounds like moving toward something. But, underneath it is often "I'm terrified of what it means if I don't." New episode of Playing-It-Safe: the three goal traps and the research on what...
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Your mind has a highly convincing list of reasons why right now isn’t the right time. In this episode, we unpack why those excuses sound so incredibly rational, how your brain uses them to keep you safe (and stuck), and...
Most high achievers believe being hard on themselves is what keeps them sharp. The research disagrees. People with higher self-compassion show greater motivation after failure, not less. And they procrastinate...
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External achievements account for only about 10% of lasting happiness. The 40% within your control? How you spend your time and what meaning you attach to it. New episode of the Playing-It-Safe Podcast: the research on...
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Your mind isn't lazy! Researchers found that people who chronically procrastinate are more threat-sensitive. Not less motivated. What would you do this week if you weren't playing it safe? RESOURCES: Values-based...
<p>In this episode, Dr. Z. dives deep into the world of procrastination, debunking common myths, exploring the different types of procrastinators, and unpacking the psychological processes that fuel our tendency to...
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