Mike Bassett on Redemption, Self-Compassion, and Digging out of “The Ditch”

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Mike Bassett on Redemption, Self-Compassion, and Digging out of “The Ditch”

Dr. Lucy McBride

Nov 21, 2022

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Mike Bassett is living proof that good people sometimes do bad things. In his case, that bad thing was signing a box of fraudulent checks that nearly caused him to lose his law degree, his reputation, and his family. His 2021 book, "The Man in the Ditch,” details his path to reconstructing his reputation and learning how to forgive himself.

On this episode of Beyond the Prescription, he describes his incredible redemption story with Dr. McBride. They discuss the dangers of "black or white thinking” in health, in life, and on the path toward self-compassion. Mike offers hope to anyone down in the ditch — whether they landed there after a traumatic event or they dug the ditch themselves.

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Each week, Dr. Lucy McBride talks with her guests like she does her patients — pulling the curtain back on what it means to be healthy, connecting the dots between mental and physical health. To Dr. McBride, health is about more than the absence of disease. Health is a process, not an outcome. It's about having awareness of our medical facts, acceptance of the things we cannot control, and agency over what we can change.

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