Julie Lee, Author of "I See You" How Compassion and Connection Save Lives
The Virtual Couch
Tony Overbay LMFT
4.9 • 668 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2020
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Tony welcomes Julie Lee, author of “I See You” back to The Virtual Couch. Julie talks about the surprising series of events that led to the writing of her book, “I See You” and discussed the challenges of completing the book while the world turned upside down through quarantine and the uncertainty of the pandemic. Julie talks about why interacting with, and truly seeing those around you is so important for not only the mental health of the individual but also for the collective mental health of society. Julie and Tony talk about a touching moment during Julie’s first appearance on the Virtual Couch where they talked about how important it is for people to feel seen and understood before getting to a point where they begin to feel hopeless. Julie’s book is available now on Amazon https://amzn.to/33N957S or you can purchase directly through Julie’s publisher here https://www.cedarfort.com/collections/julie-lee-collection use coupon code PRE15 for 15% off (and I personally purchased the version with the I See You bracelet!). You can also learn more about Julie including her podcast, I See You at http://julieleespeaks.com
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, virtual couch favorite, fan favorite, one of my favorites, Julie Lee is back. |
| 0:07.7 | Julie is not only the host of the popular podcast, I see you, but she is here to talk about a book of the same name. |
| 0:14.7 | Julie is promoting her book, I see you, and we talk about the surprising series of events that led to the writing of that book, |
| 0:20.2 | what that was like writing it through the uncertainty of quarantine and worldwide pandemic, and we talk about the surprising series of events that led to the writing of that book, what that was like writing it through the uncertainty of quarantine and worldwide pandemic, |
| 0:24.6 | and we go deep on why interacting with and truly seeing people around you is so important. |
| 0:29.8 | Not only for our own mental health, the mental health of the individuals, but we're talking |
| 0:33.9 | mental health of the world. |
| 0:35.5 | And we also talk about a touching moment during her first appearance on the virtual |
| 0:39.7 | couch where we circled around how important it is for people to feel seen, feel understood, |
| 0:45.2 | feel heard before getting to that point where they begin to feel helpless or hopeless. |
| 0:49.7 | So we cover that so much more. |
| 0:51.9 | She has a surprise guest that comes in very early on the podcast. |
| 0:55.7 | This is one of those I highly recommend you listen to and go find this on YouTube as well. |
| 0:59.9 | And that and so much more coming up on today's episode of the Virtual Couch. |
| 1:10.5 | Hey, everybody. Thank you for joining me for episode 218 of the virtual couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker, husband, father for ultramarathon runner and creator of the pathback. An online report, the show must go on. |
| 1:27.8 | An online recovery, |
| 1:29.0 | pornography recovery program that is helping people reclaim their lives from |
| 1:32.1 | harmful effects of pornography. |
| 1:33.5 | If you or anyone that you know is struggling to put pornography behind you once and |
| 1:36.8 | for all, |
| 1:37.1 | and trust me, it can be done in a strength-based, hold the shame, |
| 1:41.1 | become the person you always want to be away. |
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