Abandoning Ourselves to Protect Ourselves

There are moments in life when we abandon ourselves to protect ourselves. We stay silent instead of speaking honestly. We disconnect from our feelings to avoid conflict, rejection, shame, or discomfort. And afterward, something painful lingers: the feeling that we betrayed ourselves.In this episode of Project I AM, Dr. David J. Schlosz explores the... Read More >>>

I Didn’t Deserve This

In one of the most personal and vulnerable episodes of Project I AM to date, Dr. David Schlosz explores the painful intersection of shame, trauma, grief, and healing. Drawing from his recent experiences in an intensive training, David reflects on a profound realization that moved from intellectual understanding into something much deeper.This episode... Read More >>>

Confessions of a Covert Narcissist: Protecting Instead of Connecting

In this follow-up episode, David moves beyond labels and into honest self-reflection with a powerful conversation titled “Confessions of a Covert Narcissist.”This episode is not about diagnosing others. It is about recognizing the subtle ways fear, shame, insecurity, and emotional self-protection can shape all of our behaviors.Why do we become defensive when... Read More >>>

The Hidden Armor: Understanding Covert Narcissism With Compassion

What if narcissism isn’t always loud?In this compassionate episode of Project I Am, David explores the hidden world of covert narcissism: the quiet, vulnerable, and often misunderstood ways people protect themselves from shame, rejection, and emotional pain.Rather than reducing people to labels or internet buzzwords, this episode looks beneath the behavior... Read More >>>

Why Healing Trauma Requires More Than Talking About It

There are some wounds that insight alone cannot heal.In this episode of Project I Am, Dr. David J. Schlosz explores why effective trauma therapy must go beyond cognition and include the body and nervous system. While many people understand their trauma intellectually, they often continue to struggle because the trauma remains unprocessed... Read More >>>

A Conversation about Grief with Elli and Rachel

We think we can prepare for grief.We read about it. We anticipate it. We try to brace ourselves for the moment we know is coming.And then it happens… and nothing prepares us.In this deeply human and unfiltered conversation, David sits with two guests to explore the lived experience of losing a mother through illness, through distance, through time, and through the quiet shock that follows even when the loss is expected.This is not a clinical discussion. It’s not a guide. It’s not five... Read More >>>

Holding What Remains - A Grief Meditation

Grief has a way of undoing us.It can leave us feeling unanchored… disoriented… like something essential has been taken and nothing quite makes sense anymore. And while the world keeps moving, something inside of us feels like it has come to a standstill.In this episode of Project I Am, I invite you into a different kind of encounter with grief.Not one that tries to fix it. Not one that rushes you through it. But one that gently makes space for it. This is a guided meditation designed to... Read More >>>

The Courage to Be Seen Part 2 - Stories of Truth and Transformation

What does courage really look like?In this second group conversation about Courage, Dr. David Schlosz invites four new guests to share a defining moment in their lives when they chose courage.What unfolds is an honest and deeply moving conversation about truth, returning to self, saying yes, being an ally, new beginnings, and the difficult decisions that shape who we become.Each guest shares a personal story followed by a meaningful poem, and together the group reflects on... Read More >>>

The Courage to Be Seen Part 1 - Stories of Truth and Transformation

What does courage really look like?In this powerful roundtable episode of Project I Am, Dr. David Schlosz invites four guests to share a defining moment in their lives when they chose courage.What unfolds is an honest and deeply moving conversation about truth, grief, leadership, self-trust, and the difficult decisions that shape who we become.Each guest... Read More >>>

Relational Identity Integration Part 3: The Relational Field - How Integration Happens...

If fragmentation forms in a relationship, integration must also happen in a relationship.In this episode, Dr. David Schlosz enters the therapy room to explore how identity integration unfolds in real time. Drawing from the existential immediacy of Irvin Yalom and the relational conditions described by Carl Rogers, he describes how subtle micro-moments in therapy create opportunities for reintegration.This is a practical and clinical episode — exploring how therapists can work with parts... Read More >>>