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Hey everybody. Welcome to episode 326 of the virtual couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay.

I am a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified mindful habit coach,

writer, speaker, husband, father of four, and creator of the Path Back and online

pornography recovery program that is helping people reclaim

their lives from turning to unhealthy coping mechanisms like pornography. So if you want more information,

go to pathback recovery.com. And I'm excited. I'm excited as always on recording days. It is exciting

to record a podcast. It's mind-blowing to think that we're on episode 326 of the virtual couch

and add another 30, 40 episodes

of waking up the narcissism and I just love recording. I love spreading the good news of mental

health if that makes sense. So let's get to today's topic. 13 things that mentally strong people

don't do. And this is from an author named Amy Marin, and she is the author of the book,

13 things mentally strong people don't do. And I've talked about her on previous episodes.

I've done a couple of episodes. I think based off of some of her other articles, I really enjoy

the things that she is putting out. And if I take you on my train of thought of how I got to

today's topic, there's been a steady pattern over the last few episodes. Yeah, I did one on

doom scrolling. That was because there was a lot of heavy things that were in the news. And then I

talked about emotional validation, emotional invalidation, and where I just noticed when people

ask me what I see as a therapist out in the wild,

out in the world, or even in my office, it's so often people telling other people what they

think or what they are supposed to think or feel or do instead of looking at relationships

with the absolute curiosity of understanding that I only know my experience. So let me find out about your

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