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BLAC Book Review: ‘How Am I Doing?’ By Dr. Corey Yeager, Detroit Pistons Psychotherapist

January 13, 2023 · Updated January 13, 2023·By Darralynn Hutson

Darralynn Hutson

January 13, 2023 · Updated January 13, 2023

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In How Am I Doing? 40 Conversations to Have with Yourself, Dr. Corey Yeager guides you through a series of reflective questions to help you gain the self-compassion, personal awareness, and healing you seek. Yeager’s simple exercises and relatable anecdotes provide a powerful roadmap for better understanding yourself, and in turn, others. Yeager’s prose is lean and direct, and the thoughtful reflection prompts that end each chapter provide a bounty of useful strategies for putting the principles into practice.

Dr. Corey Yeager

40 Conversations

Over the course of these 40 conversations with yourself, you’re invited to:

  • Build trust with yourself
  • Consider how past traumas affect your life today
  • Grow a practice of positive self-talk
  • Let go of stigma and guilt from your past
  • Develop mental health strategies for what to do in low or anxious moments
  • Increase your confidence and embrace your emotions

Each of the 40 questions is paired with a short, thoughtful reflection from Dr. Yeager, along with prompts and self-care strategies to help you look at yourself in the mirror and come into alignment with you who want to be.So join the conversation; nothing is off-limits here.

Come check in with yourself and take these small, simple steps to journey toward a more honest and harmonious way of living.

Dr. Corey Yeager is a licensed marriage and family therapist who merges his two passions – athletics and therapy – as psychotherapist for the Detroit Pistons. In this role, he supports the overall organization including players, coaching staff and front office leadership in his conscientious, relational fashion. 

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