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This episode is hosted by psychotherapist and bestselling author Amy Morin. Now let's get into the episode.

Okay. My guest today doesn't really need an introduction. I'm talking to world famous comedian and actor Kevin Hart. And he's joining us right in the middle of his international comedy tour where he's selling out stadiums everywhere. He's also in New York Times bestselling author.

And today we're talking about his newest audible original called Monsters and How to Tame Them.

It's a great book about all those unhelpful things our brains tell us sometimes.

Like, we have to do it all,

or we have to be in control of everything all the time. Kevin offers solid advice on how to tame the

six monsters that we all battle in our minds. After he describes the monsters, he explains how to go

monster hunting, so you can identify which ones bother you most.

And he also shares how the monsters sometimes all work together and how we can recognize them. He makes it clear that we don't need to kill these monsters, but instead we can learn

to tame them and use them to our advantage. And of course, since it's written and narrated by

Kevin, it's really funny.

Some of the things he talks about on the show today are the monsters he continues to wrestle with,

the voice in your head that insist you can't ever go backwards,

and how to deal with the monster that tells you you have to do it all.

Make sure to stick around until the end of the episode for the therapist take. It's the part

of the show where I'll give you my take on the strategies Kevin shares and explain how you can

apply them to your own life. So here's Kevin Hart on how to tame our monsters. Kevin Hart,

welcome to the very well-mined podcast. Oh, thank you. I'm glad you. What do I say? It's very good to be

welcome. There you guys. It's a feeling to be welcome. So I listened to your latest book,

Monsters and How to Tame Them, and I listened to it mostly at the gym. And I have to say,

it's very difficult to listen to your book while you're working out.

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