Jim Squire Psychotherapy

05/24/2026

It didn't feel like trauma.
There was no single moment you could point to.
No event that clearly explained why certain things are still so hard.
Just a childhood that felt... normal.
Even if normal meant walking on eggshells.
Even if normal meant learning to disappear when tension entered the room.
Even if normal meant being the one who held it together — because someone had to.
You didn't call it trauma then.
You probably don't call it that now.
But something from that time is still quietly shaping how you move through the world.
How safe relationships feel. How much you allow yourself to need. How quickly you brace for things to go wrong.
That's not just who you are.
That's what you learned.
And what was learned with the right support can change.
If something in this landed, I'd like to talk.

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05/19/2026

Conflict is not the problem... lack of repair is.

05/19/2026

Many consider Mindfulness a Superpower. There is no question Mindfulness can transform how you experience and appreciate life. Special Guest Carl Legault a Psychotherapist and Mindfulness Teacher joins me to discuss Mindfulness Practice in detail while offering simple exercises to get you started wi...

05/17/2026

We cover over our innate goodness to protect ourselves, and then we forget the gold.

05/16/2026

Join us for a live exploration of Michael A. Singer's new book, Wisdom Untethered. This is a rare live online event with Michael Singer, Tony Robbins, Sage Robbins, and Tami Simon. Sign up in advance: https://join.soundstrue.com/wisdom-untethered-live-event/

05/15/2026

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05/11/2026

Most high-achievers don't think of themselves as anxious.

They think of themselves as thorough. Prepared. Someone who just likes to have a plan.

But there's a difference between thinking things through and a mind that genuinely can't find the off switch.

The second one isn't a personality trait. It's a nervous system that learned, usually early, that staying alert kept things from going wrong.

It worked then. It's just still running now.

If this lands for you, it might be worth getting curious about where that pattern started, not to pathologize it, but to understand it.

What would it feel like to actually stop thinking — and feel safe doing it?

www.thrivingexecutive.ca

05/10/2026

In this episode of Surviving to Thriving, we go deeper than the usual conversation about imposter syndrome past the surface-level "just believe in yourself" advice and into what's actually driving the feeling.

In this episode:

Where the research on imposter syndrome started and what it's revealed since

The three root causes most people never hear about, including early family dynamics and trauma

Why high-achievers are especially vulnerable and why more success often makes it worse

The cognitive loop that keeps it running even when the evidence says otherwise

What it actually takes to interrupt the pattern in real moments

This isn't about eliminating self-doubt. It's about understanding it well enough to stop letting it make decisions for you.

Link in Bio to full episode