Dr Nahumck Psychological Services

01/23/2026

Emotional Vulnerability in Fatherhood. Come check out my new Substack post:

Emotional Vulnerability in Fatherhood is always a work-in-progress

01/14/2026

New to this. Hope you’ll join me.

Always.

11/19/2025

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06/09/2025

Summer reading. Nothing grabs you like a first chapter that titled “Making room in love for hate”

01/11/2025

This is the home of a friend. For the past few days the area I live and work in has been ravaged by wind, fire, and chaos. We are all experiencing Katrina, but from an Inferno instead of a Hurricane. I didn’t lose anything, but many I know lost everything. It’s early, it’s not over, but I think we can find our way to heal together.

In the coming days, together with the therapists I work with we’ll be putting together ongoing support groups for first responders (most of whom live in the communities they are fighting to save) and those who’ve lost everything. I’ll be referring to them as Phoenix support groups, a place to figure out how survivors want to rebuild and move forward. I don’t pretend to have answers, but myself and my fellow therapists will listen and help us find those answers together.

We can rise from this with a stronger, more connected community. I’ll keep you posted on how to participate.

11/19/2024

Happy International Men’s Day.

08/05/2024

Was profiled in VoyageLA today, with some of my story. Check it out! https://voyagela.com/interview/hidden-gems-meet-christopher-nahumck-of-nahumck-psychological-corporation/

07/23/2024

Mental Health Tip: If you know how you’re going to vote in November, you don’t have to pay attention anymore. You can tune it out. If you want to volunteer, go for it, but outside of actively participating, you don’t need to keep up with the latest shiny crazy object of the day. Keep your sanity, because you’ve already made up your mind, and there isn’t anything else that paying attention and getting upset will accomplish

07/23/2024

Mental health tip: If you know how you’re going to vote in November, you don’t have to pay attention anymore. You can tune it out. If you want to volunteer, go for it, but outside of actively participating, you don’t need to keep up with the latest shiny crazy object of the day. Keep your sanity, because you’ve already made up your mind, and there isn’t anything else that paying attention and getting upset will accomplish

11/22/2023

11/09/2023

Who is Your Real Competition?

Often we go through life and feel like we are competing against others. To a degree, it’s true. Status and hierarchy are deep in our DNA. Some elements of life are very much against others, with real winners. But… 1/6

When it comes to your life competition against others is a fools errand. Beating someone at their game requires you play THEIR game. You don’t set the parameters. You do set the win conditions. 2/6

And there is a world of difference between wanting to “Be Like Mike” and trying to be better than Mike. Only Mike can beat Mike at being Mike. Second best is a pale imitation of someone else, which means you and the world are missing out on YOU at your best. 3/6

The only competition worth engaging is self improvement. The only person you need to beat is the person you were yesterday. Ethan Suplee turned me on to the Kill Your Clone concept. You don’t have to be anything more than a fraction of better than yesterday. But that’s enough 4/6

Purpose here matters too. The person you are becoming, slowly grinding away at, needs to align with that purpose. Better is always contextual. Better at what? Better in what way? Better how? Better towards what end? 5/6

What have you done today to Kill Your Clone? What have you done to improve in the way that matters to you, that grinds towards the best version of you, the only YOU the world and your world will get? There’s still time today, so don’t wait. Go. 6/6

11/03/2023

We are told to follow our passion, but for many men, this isn’t a good thing to do. Passion can take one down a road that feels good in the moment, but may ultimately lead to ruin. Passion fades. Purpose offers a different life.

Where passions fade, purpose allows us to grind towards the goal. Passion falters when it becomes tough, but purpose allows us to endure. Put another way: “He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” ― Nietzsche.

With purpose, the difficulty that is the obstacle becomes proof of progress, a sign of confirmation instead of decreasing one’s passion. Passion is about enjoyment. Purpose is about meaning. Your purpose matters.

Purpose is enough to allow us to become our best selves. Your purpose is unique to you, and will not and cannot look like anyone else’s. And it is of vital importance to your world. If you don’t live out your purpose NO ONE will.

What are you waiting for?