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

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2020

⏱️ 36 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 (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 (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 (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 own 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.-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/ (https://www.youtube.com/c/TheVirtualCouchPodcast/) and sign up at http://tonyoverbay.com (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/ (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 (https://amzn.to/33fk0U4).

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0:00.0	You've been through one diet after another and the weight still came back.
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0:30.7	Holidays, vaccinations, sheltering in place, the brain's desire for patterns or order.
0:36.2	We're a year into COVID, anxiety, communication,
0:38.8	distance learning. People telling me that they always wanted to work from home until it was
0:42.6	actually forced upon them with so much uncertainty in the world, in our lives, in our own
0:46.7	heads. It is no wonder that anxiety, depression, marital discord, frustration, and parenting
0:52.5	are at an all-time high. But I promise you,
0:54.9	that doesn't simply mean that you are doomed, that there's nothing that you can do or that
0:59.5	you have no control of your future or even your present. Oh no, my podcast listening friends,
1:04.6	sometimes you do need a push to truly take action. And if 2020 wasn't a big enough push,
1:10.6	I'm really not quite sure what would be. But if you haven't taken action. And if 2020 wasn't a big enough push, I'm really not quite sure what
1:11.6	would be. But if you haven't taken action already, if you're not even sure what to do next,
1:16.5	you are in the right place. Cue the patriotic music. Okay, I guess I still don't actually
1:20.7	have the budget to license that long of a clip. But I am going to give you the secret to happiness,
1:26.0	the recipe for making 2021 your, well, making
1:30.5	2021 a whole lot better than 2020, because do you want to simply survive or do you want to thrive?
1:37.6	It's time to thrive, my friends, and I will tell you how coming up on today's episode of the
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