Episode 9 — “The Therapist Who Forgot They’re Human: Self Care, Boundaries, and the Guilt We Don’t Talk About”

Episode — “The Therapist Who Forgot They’re Human: Self Care, Boundaries, and the Guilt We Don’t Talk About”

Therapists are experts at helping other people take care of themselves… and absolutely terrible at doing it for our own lives. In this episode, Matthew Grimm gets honest about the emotional labor of being a clinician, the myth of work/life balance, and the quiet guilt that shows up when we try to be human instead of a 24/7 crisis line.

From late‑night emails to the pressure to be endlessly available, Matthew explores why therapists struggle so much with boundaries—and why honoring our limits is actually an ethical practice, not a failure. You’ll hear about the guilt spiral of not returning calls after hours, the importance of having “a therapist for the therapist,” and the kind of self‑care that actually works for clinicians (spoiler: it’s not bubble baths).

This episode is a compassionate, funny, and deeply validating reminder that therapists are people first—and that our humanity is our greatest clinical tool.