Welcome to the Very Well Mind podcast. We've interviewed over 100 authors, experts, entrepreneurs, athletes, musicians, and others to help you learn strategies to care for your mental health.

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

Okay. My guest today is Mike Bayer.

Mike's a life coach who frequently appears on Dr. Phil.

Now he's known mostly for his work with celebrity clients,

but he worked as a drug and alcohol counselor for many years. He also started a treatment center called cast centers for people

who want to get treatment for both mental health issues and substance abuse problems.

He's the host of a popular podcast called Always Evolving with Mike Bear, and he's a New York

Times bestselling author. I recently found

his book, One Decision, and I invited him to be on the show to talk about how living and

authentic life makes decisions easier. So today, Mike shares strategies for becoming more authentic,

tools for making better decisions, and strategies for gaining confidence in yourself.

Make sure to stick around for the end of the episode for the therapist take.

This is the part of the show where I'll break down the strategies Mike shares

and tell you how to apply them to your own life.

So here's Mike Bear on how becoming more authentic helps you grow mentally stronger.

Mike Bear, I'm so excited to talk to you on the Very Well Mind podcast.

A while back, I read your first book, Best Self, and it was really good.

But I'd love to hear from you about what happened after you wrote that first book.

I wasn't sure what I was supposed to do after that.

And then Dr. Phil, who I work a lot with,

and he gives me a lot of mentorship and advice. He's like, well, you know you need to be

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