Amy Morin
The Primal Kitchen Podcast
Mark Sisson & Morgan Zanotti
4.4 • 717 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2020
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
Elle Russ chats with Amy Morin - a licensed clinical social worker, psychotherapist, and psychology lecturer at Northeastern University. She’s also an international bestselling author. Her books, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, 13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don’t Do, and 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don’t Do have been translated into 39 languages.
The Guardian dubbed her “the self-help guru of the moment” and Forbes calls her a “thought leadership star.” Her TEDx talk, The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong, is one of the most popular talks of all time with more than 13 million views. She’s a regular contributor to Forbes, Business Insider, and Psychology Today where her articles on mental strength reach more than 2 million readers each month. Her advice for building mental strength has been featured by major media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, Oprah.com, Today, Good Morning America, Success, Business Insider, Time, and the Hallmark Channel.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Mark Sisson. |
| 0:03.1 | Welcome to the Primal Blueprint Podcast, where we deliver a variety of fresh content to help you live awesome. |
| 0:09.9 | Enjoy the show. |
| 0:10.9 | Engage with us online at marksdailyapple.com and on social media and send your questions to info at primalblueprint.com. |
| 0:22.1 | Hey, everyone. Welcome back to the Primal Blueprint.com. Hey, everyone. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome back to the Primal Blueprint Podcast. |
| 0:25.1 | Today we have Amy Morin. |
| 0:26.7 | She is a psychotherapist turned accidental author. |
| 0:29.9 | She's the author of three amazing books and a top speaker on the following topic. |
| 0:34.0 | She wrote three books, one titled 13 things mentally strong people don't do, |
| 0:38.5 | and then also 13 things mentally strong parents don't do. And the same with women. We're |
| 0:44.1 | going to talk about that book today. 13 things mentally strong women don't do. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:51.2 | Thanks so much for having me, Elle. So to everyone listening, I met Amy at Lisa Bill U's house. |
| 0:57.1 | We had both been on Women of Impact, and Lisa Bill, you had a party at her house in Hollywood, |
| 1:01.3 | and I met Amy there, and we started talking. |
| 1:03.1 | I was like, oh, this is like my jam, because the subtitled, the 13 Things Mentally Strong Women Don't Do is Own Your Power, |
| 1:10.7 | channel your confidence, and find youric Voice for a Life of Meaning and Joy. |
| 1:16.3 | Before we get into some of these specific topics, tell your story about how you got into this and what happened. |
| 1:22.7 | How do you accidentally turn? Because I find that to be really amazing. |
| 1:27.4 | Thanks. So I started out as a therapist and I thought, |
| 1:31.2 | this is great. You know, I'm going to teach other people what I learned in college about mental health |
| 1:36.1 | and solve their problems with everything that came out of a textbook. And about a year into my work as a |
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