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The Overwhelmed Brain

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do with Amy Morin

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni: Emotional Abuse and Relationship Expert

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.52K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2015

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Amy Morin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, wrote the book 13 Things Mentally Strong People Do. After a few devastating events in her life, she made the list in hopes to help herself heal. After publishing it as a blog article, it went viral. And soon, millions learned the 13 things that they might be doing to prevent them from becoming mentally stronger.

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0:00.0

If anxiety is preventing you from being mentally strong, head over to quiet begins.com

0:04.9

and get the safe empowerment system for social anxiety.

0:08.0

It's time to strengthen that mental and emotional state so that you can get out of anxiety and into a place of peace and ease.

0:15.4

Life presents the toughest challenges.

0:18.0

Every day you are faced with decisions that test your ability to express who you really want to be in this world.

0:24.0

We're told to keep saying affirmations and keep thinking positively,

0:28.0

but what do you do when that stuff doesn't work?

0:31.0

Welcome to the overwhelmed brain, where you'll learn to make decisions that are right

0:35.4

for you so that you can create the life you want now. Hello, this is Paul Polionani, host of the overwhelmed brain, the Personal Growth Show, for

0:57.0

the Critical Thinker. On this show I discuss practical down-to-earth steps to help you improve your mood and your sanity and your life.

1:07.0

We'll talk about why we do the things we do and what we can do to reach higher levels of happiness and lower levels of stress and

1:15.3

overwhelm.

1:16.7

My goal is to help you become empowered so that you can create the life you want.

1:22.4

Well, a couple weeks ago I came across an article in psychology

1:26.6

today called 13 things mentally strong people don't do. After I finished reading it I realized that the author of the

1:35.0

article hit the nail on the head with every one of those 13 things. So I reached

1:41.4

out to the author and interviewed her.

1:44.0

Her name is Amy Moran and she has a licensed clinical social worker who just happened to have a few experiences in her life that led her to create this list.

1:54.0

Not only did she write it as an article to begin with, but she also created a book out of it as well.

1:59.8

The book is also called 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don't Do. And I'll have a link to it at my

2:05.0

website if you want to find it. Otherwise, let's start this interview because these are

2:10.1

all foundational steps that you can take for yourself that will help you become mentally

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