Hey, I Love The Way You're Reading The Title of This Episode - Why We Need More Compliments in Our Lives

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Are compliments ever a bad thing? And how important is the delivery of a compliment? Are people genuinely going over your compliments with a spell checker and thesaurus taking offense to the improper use of has, have, or had? Today Tony tackles the topic of compliments and why it would do us all good to embrace both the giving and the receiving of compliments. Tony references the article "You Probably Don't Compliment Other People Often Enough" by Art Markman Ph.D. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/202110/you-probably-don-t-compliment-other-people-often-enough)https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/202110/you-probably-don-t-compliment-other-people-often-enough (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/ulterior-motives/202110/you-probably-don-t-compliment-other-people-often-enough) as well as "Scientific explanation to why people perform better after receiving a compliment," from https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109111517.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121109111517.htm) Please find out more about Tony's Magnetic Marriage program by contacting him through http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) or by visiting http://tonyoverbay.com/magnetic (http://tonyoverbay.com/magnetic). . With the continuing "sheltering" rules spreading across the country, PLEASE do not think you can't continue or begin therapy now. http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) can put you quickly in touch with licensed mental health professionals who can meet through text, email, or videoconference often as soon as 24-48 hours. And if you use the link http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch), you will receive 10% off your first month of services. Please make your mental health a priority, http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch (http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch) offers affordable counseling, and they even have sliding scale options if your budget is tight. You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program, The Path Back,

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0:00.0	Hey, oh, oh, oh, come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.
0:23.1	Hey, everybody.
0:26.5	Welcome to episode 291 of the virtual couch.
0:27.5	I'm your host, Tony Overbay.
0:30.8	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and all those wonderful things.
0:33.5	And today we are going to talk about compliments.
0:35.7	And I am going to give you very solid takeaways.
0:37.5	Today I learned quite a bit about compliments and why we give them and do we give them enough and what the best type of compliment is.
0:43.7	So stick with me on this. But let me share what I think was a pretty funny time sync this
0:48.3	morning while preparing to record this episode. I got into my office incredibly early. I'm very
0:52.6	excited. I love podcast recording day. And I am, I'm
0:56.1	talking, I'm ready to hit the record button. And I find myself wanting to talk about a particular
1:01.5	compliment that my wife and I reference often. And we've been married 31 years now. And it's
1:06.5	something to the effect of if you say, hey, what do you like about me or do you know what I like
1:10.3	about you? And one of us just says the other person, oh, because you like animals and old
1:15.6	people. And we laugh and we don't explore it much deeper because we've been saying it for so
1:20.2	long. So I decided that I would find that quote and I would work that into the episode because
1:25.3	that would be kind of fun and nostalgic. But 30 minutes later, I have absolutely nothing. I googled it in so many different ways.
1:32.5	I googled the actor who I thought said it. I thought it was John Cusack. And I looked for the
1:37.9	movie and then all of his movies and then I quoted specific things and sayings and old people
1:42.4	and animals and what I like about you.
1:49.4	And I just got nowhere, but it led to so many different.
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