I See You 2021 Are You Ready To Thrive, Or Simply Survive?

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

4.9 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Well, life has truly handed you lemons, not just one or two, but a truck full of lemons has backed up to your driveway and not even rang your doorbell and asked you where to put them. No, the truck just dumped them all in the driveway, there’s no use complaining about them...what do you do with them? We’re making lemonade...a lot of lemonade, because you truly do have it in you to take a driveway full of lemons and make the most wonderful lemonade that the world has ever tasted. Today we discover the recipe, through acceptance, through owning your own thoughts, feelings, emotions, through learning how to communicate, to stepping out of a victim mindset, to learning how to self soothe all the way to self-confidence. Cliches be darned, on today’s episode Tony shows you how to not simply survive based on everything going on in the world, but to truly thrive. -Sign up at http://tonyoverbay.com to learn more about Tony’s upcoming “Magnetic Marriage” program!-This episode of The Virtual Couch is sponsored by http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch With the continuing “sheltering” rules that are spreading across the country PLEASE do not think that you can’t continue or begin therapy now. 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 you will receive 10% off your first month of services. Please make your own mental health a priority, http://betterhelp.com/virtualcouch offers affordable counseling, and they even have sliding scale options if your budget is tight.-Tony mentioned a product that he used to take out all of the "uh's" and "um's" that, in his words, "must be created by wizards and magic!" because it's that good! To learn more about Descript click here https://descript.com?lmref=v95myQ-Please subscribe to The Virtual Couch YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/ and sign up at http://tonyoverbay.com to learn more about Tony’s upcoming “Magnetic Marriage” program!-Tony's FREE parenting course, “Tips For Parenting Positively Even In the Not So Positive Times” is available NOW. Just go to https://www.tonyoverbay.com/courses-2/ and sign up today. This course will help you understand why it can be so difficult to communicate with and understand your children. You’ll learn how to keep your buttons hidden, how to genuinely give praise that will truly build inner wealth in your child, teen, or even in your adult children, and you’ll learn how to move from being “the punisher” to being someone your children will want to go to when they need help.-Tony's new best-selling book "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" is now available on Kindle. https://amzn.to/38mauBo-Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4. The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields.-You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program The Path Back by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com And visit http://tonyoverbay.com and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs, and podcasts.-Tony also mentioned his appearances this week on two podcasts, The Betrayed, The Addicted and The Expert with hosts Ashlyn and Coby, and Virtual Couch former guest Brannon Patrick where we discuss narcissism in detail and the challenges people face in relationships with narcissistic individuals https://www.betrayedaddictedexpert.com/podcast/episode/25d19bf1/is-narcissism-nature-or-nurture and The Millennial Member Podcast hosted by Emily Ensign where we discuss the topic of pornography, what helps with recovery, and what doesn’t https://www.buzzsprout.com/1072564/6209683-tony-overbay-pornography-and-recovery

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0:00.0	Holidays, vaccinations, sheltering in place, the brain's desire for patterns or order were a year into COVID, anxiety, communication, distance learning.
0:09.7	People telling me that they always wanted to work from home until it was actually forced upon them with so much uncertainty in the world, in our lives, and our own heads.
0:17.4	It is no wonder that anxiety, depression, marital discord, frustration, and
0:22.2	parenting are at an all-time high. But I promise you, that doesn't simply mean that you are
0:26.9	doomed, that there's nothing that you can do, or that you have no control of your future,
0:31.2	or even your present. Oh no, my podcast listening friends, sometimes you do need a push
0:36.7	to truly take action. And if 2020
0:39.0	wasn't a big enough push, I'm really not quite sure what would be. But if you haven't taken action
0:43.6	already, if you're not even sure what to do next, you are in the right place. Cue the patriotic
0:48.6	music. Okay, I guess I still don't actually have the budget to license that long of a clip. But I am
0:53.3	going to give you
0:54.1	the secret to happiness, the recipe for making 2021 your, well, making 2021 a whole lot better
1:02.0	than 2020, because do you want to simply survive or do you want to thrive? It's time to thrive,
1:08.7	my friends, and I will tell you how coming up on today's episode
1:11.4	of the virtual couch.
1:21.7	Hey, everybody, welcome to episode 239 of the virtual couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed
1:27.1	marriage and family therapist,
1:28.4	speaker, husband, father, mindful habit coach, author, I forgot my own spiel, creator of the Pathback,
1:34.4	which is an online pornography program. It is changing lives, truly. Go check out pathback recovery.com.
1:39.5	And at the very least, go download the short ebook that is on that website that talks about
1:43.1	five myths that people fall prey to when trying to stop numbing out or coping or turning to pornography as a coping mechanism. And they do that when they're not veal and is connected to their spouse, their kids, their health, their faith, their career, their life, which is what we're going to talk about today. And please head over to tonyoverbay.com and signed up to find out more about
2:00.8	my upcoming programs. There's a free parenting course on there, and including, I'm talking about
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