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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 is John Akoff. John is a New York Times best-selling author, the host of a great podcast called All It Takes is a Goal and a really popular speaker. He's written seven books, and they have cool titles like Start, Do Over, and Finish.

And now he's written a book called Soundtracks.

I love all of his books, but this one is my favorite.

It's about all those broken records we keep playing in our brains that just aren't helpful.

And he explains some fun

ways to change them. As a therapist, I love the fun and simple solutions John offers to change

those unhelpful thinking patterns. Changing the way you think is key to building the mental

strength you need to be your best. Some of the things John shares in this episode are how to

recognize when you're overthinking,

how to replace those unhelpful soundtracks, some of the soundtracks he's borrowed from other people,

and much, much more. Make sure to stick around until the end for the therapist's take.

This is a part of the show where I break down my guest's Mental strength strategies and share how you can start applying them to your own life.

So here's John Aikoff on How to Be Mentally Strong and your brain is filled with unhelpful soundtracks.

Let's do it.

All right. John Acoff, welcome to the Very Well Mind Podcast.

Thanks for having me, Amy. I'm looking forward to it. Well, I have been a fan of all of your

books. I think this is book number six for you, right? Book seven. This is seven. I'm very productive. I'm

crazy productive. I'll probably write a book during this podcast. I just so productive.

You know, I'm not surprised. And now that you've written this book and you're not overthinking, you have time to do that. So your new book is called Soundtracks. Great title. Oh, thanks.

It's been a lot of fun. My thing there was a soundtrack is a repetitive thought. I've heard

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