In this episode, I’m joined by Di Black.

Di is a psychotherapist and someone who was also my therapist for a period of time. She brings depth, honesty, and a willingness to sit in uncomfortable spaces without needing to rush to answers.

We sit inside fear, identity, and vulnerability.

Not as concepts.
As lived experience.

We start with a question that hits hard.

Share your most guarded secret.
Your most embarrassing fear.
The thing you least want to say out loud.

We stay with what that brings up.

Di speaks about recurring dreams. Feeling lost. Losing identity. Not knowing who she is or where home is. The fear of losing memory, losing self, and what it means to exist without the structure we rely on.

We sit with that.

Not to analyse it.
Not to fix it.
Just to be in it.

We move into addiction.

Not just substances.
Addiction to thinking.
Addiction to being right.
Addiction to our own perspective.

We talk about how hard it is to step outside of that. How we live inside our own version of reality and mistake it for truth.

And how relationships force us to confront that.

To step into someone else’s experience.
To drop the certainty.
To admit we might not see the full picture.

We also touch on vulnerability in therapy.

The idea that therapists are not above the work.
That hiding behind the role can become another defence.
And that real connection comes from being human first.

We do not solve anything.

We sit inside the discomfort of not knowing.
Of not being as together as we think we should be.
Of recognising that the work never really ends.

The question Di leaves for the next guest is this.

If you could have your life over again, what would you change?

It’s You, Oh Fuck, It’s ME In Session with a Psychotherapist
Hosted by Chad Taylor

No tips.
No fixing.
Just real conversations.

Di Black is a Psychotherapist and can be found at

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