506: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Do Not Do | Amy Morin
The Adult Chair Podcast with Michelle Chalfant
Michelle Chalfant
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 April 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Today, I'm joined by therapist, bestselling author, and speaker Amy Morin for a deeply honest conversation about what it really means to become mentally strong. Amy shares how her understanding of mental strength was shaped not only by her work as a therapist, but by walking through profound grief, unexpected loss, and the kind of life experiences that can completely change you.
We talk about the difference between grief and self-pity, why people-pleasing drains us, how boundaries support mental strength, and what to do with the inner critic that keeps trying to run the show. Amy also shares powerful insight on social media, comparison, alone time, and why becoming mentally strong often starts with the smallest choices we make each day.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- The difference between feeling your grief and getting stuck in self-pity
- How to stop giving away your power to other people
- Why mentally strong people don't avoid change
- How to learn from mistakes instead of repeating them
- Why alone time and reflection are essential for emotional health
- How people pleasing weakens your sense of self
- Why boundaries are a key part of mental strength
- How to work with your inner critic through self-compassion
- How social media fuels comparison and what to do instead
- Why being intentional about what you consume matters for your mental well-being
Resources from this Episode:
Find Amy's books, Tedx Talks and more on Amy's website
Listen to Mentally Stronger with Therapist Amy Morin
Get the Mentally Strong app here!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, hello, everyone and welcome to the show. I am Michelle Schellfant. So happy to be here with you today. |
| 0:11.0 | As you know, one of the things that I absolutely love to talk about and help people do is get them into their adult chairs. |
| 0:18.8 | It is truly a lifelong journey and it's something that we practice |
| 0:21.7 | every single day. And it really, really touches my heart when I have people on the show |
| 0:27.2 | that have really stumbled upon doing this for themselves. And my guest today, Amy Moran, |
| 0:36.4 | when you hear her story, wow, it really just blew my mind. |
| 0:41.4 | What this girl has gone through and who she is today. |
| 0:45.7 | And it really, all of her life experiences led to her writing this book. |
| 0:49.7 | You might have even heard about it. |
| 0:51.0 | It's an international global phenomenon. I have to tell you, |
| 0:55.2 | millions and millions of people have read her book. It's called 13 things mentally strong people |
| 1:00.4 | don't do. And yeah, what we don't do if we're mentally strong. She's an incredible human. |
| 1:10.0 | She shares with us her story of, I mean, there's a lot that |
| 1:15.5 | this girl has gone through to get her into the place that she is today. If you've ever gone, |
| 1:21.5 | like I have done, down the TED Talk rabbit hole, I love it. There are some incredible humans out there that have done |
| 1:28.9 | TED Talks and Amy Morin has done one as well. And today, she shares with us a lot of what's on |
| 1:36.5 | this TED Talk, which is her life story. And again, she's going to talk to us about 13 things that |
| 1:40.9 | mentally strong people do not do. So I cannot wait for you to get this podcast today. |
| 1:45.0 | We all need to learn these things to be mentally strong because God knows life can be very hard. |
| 1:52.6 | And we go down the fear hole or the shame hole or the anger or whatever it might be. |
| 1:58.7 | But what we really want to learn how to do is to handle really these |
| 2:03.8 | challenges or stress or setbacks or fears or overwhelm. She teaches us today exactly how to do |
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