Get Your Yoga Mat, Robe and Ponytail Ready, We're Explaining Mindfulness Once and For All!

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

Education, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Wait! Don't skip this episode! I know if you're a podcast listener you've no doubt heard therapist and life coach alike gush about the benefits of mindfulness, about meditation, about being present. Well, what does that actually mean? What's the science behind the practice and how do you push through if you've tried it a time or two and felt like it just didn't work for you? In this episode, Tony will reference an article from HappyBrainScience.com by Scott Crabtree that discusses how to truly rewire your brain with a mindfulness practice (https://www.happybrainscience.com/blog/brain-change-rewire-focused-attention/ (https://www.happybrainscience.com/blog/brain-change-rewire-focused-attention/)). And within that article, Crabtree references research of Massachusetts General Hospital conducted by Harvard-affiliated researchers called "Eight Weeks to a Better Brain." (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/ (https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2011/01/eight-weeks-to-a-better-brain/)). The article specifically discusses how mindfulness has been shown to change the neuropathways of the brain to help with not only being more present but also to express more empathy, improve memory and better handle anxiety and stress. Tony Overbay's new book, co-authored with author Joshua Shea, "He's A Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions," is now available on Amazon, you can find it here https://amzn.to/2KylIcz (https://amzn.to/2KylIcz) Joshua Shea also wrote the book "The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About: How I Let My Pornography Addiction Hurt People and Destroy Relationships." Joshua's book can be found here https://amzn.to/2O0KxAd (https://amzn.to/2O0KxAd) And you can find out more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts. The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://Betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) Betterhelp.com is the world's leading provider of online therapy. Their mission is to make professional counseling accessible, affordable, and convenient, so anyone who struggles with life's challenges can get help, anytime, anywhere. Head to http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) for 10% off your first month of services.

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0:00.0	Hey, so today's episode is actually sponsored by me, yours truly.
0:12.2	Have you been listening to The Virtual Couch for a little while now?
0:14.3	You've heard me mention typically right after the intro that I've recently co-authored a book along with author Josh Shea, who wrote a book called The
0:20.9	The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About. And our book is called He's a Porn Addict Now What,
0:24.9	An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions. And I've already been taking a task by
0:28.9	kind emailers and clients alike for when I say that it's not quite a page turner in the
0:33.9	likes of John Grisham or Catherine Stockett. And I've simply said those things out of humor
0:38.1	because I really am grateful, first of all, for Josh asking me to be the co-author of this book,
0:42.5	and you'll hear more from Josh and me about this book in a future episode. But quickly, after he
0:47.6	released his first book, The Addiction Nobody Will Talk About, he went on to do some 70 or more
0:52.4	radio and TV and podcast interviews.
0:55.3	And he came back to me and pitched a book idea because he said that he felt more of a connection with me.
1:00.6	And again, I'm really grateful.
1:02.2	So quickly, the book has chapters that are full of questions that are asked by people truly in the thick of things.
1:07.2	People who have just discovered that their spouse has been looking at pornography or maybe acting out with compulsive sexual behavior for years, sometimes even decades without
1:15.3	their knowing, or that they had said that they were fine or that they had stopped previously
1:19.3	but continued to act out, hiding what they were doing and often making their spouses feel bad
1:23.4	for even following their own instincts or intuition or even just asking questions or sometimes
1:28.2	worse just flat out denying that their spouse the information or data their spouse was presenting
1:33.4	to them as clear evidence of the betrayal. And I understand that from someone who has worked with
1:37.5	again 11, 1,200 people who have been trying to overcome pornography. So let me quickly read just a couple of the reviews that are coming in
1:46.1	from the advanced copies of the book that were sent out to some professionals in the field. And then
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