Julie Lee on Losing Her Sister, Navigating Divorce, Embracing ADHD - Using Humor to Heal

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 20 September 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Tony reconnects with Julie Lee, who opens up about a tumultuous year marked by personal challenges, including her divorce and the heartrending loss of her sister. Additionally, Julie reveals a recent ADHD diagnosis, joining Tony in the ranks of those diagnosed with ADHD later in life. The duo dives deep into their experiences with ADHD, highlighting its challenges and unexpected silver linings. They underscore the therapeutic power of humor, with Julie sharing how it has been an essential coping mechanism during her trying times. Julie also shares some powerful stories, like discovering a note from her late sister, underscoring the profound power of humor to connect, heal, and make sense of life's unpredictable paths. At the end of the episode, Tony and Julie attempt to make each other laugh, with Julie turning to help from her young daughter in the joke-writing.Furthermore, this conversation sets the stage for an exciting announcement: the launch of Julie and Tony's joint podcast, "Love, ADHD - Where Genius and Scatter Meet." Aiming to demystify the adult ADHD experience and provide solace through shared stories, their podcast offers listeners both relatable narratives and valuable insights. By melding authenticity with humor, "Love, ADHD" seeks to be more than just a podcast—it's a community for those looking to understand and embrace the complexities of ADHD and life itself. Follow or subscribe to “Love, ADHD” wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcast listeners can follow here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-adhd/id1707721821 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/love-adhd/id1707721821) and Spotify listeners can follow here https://open.spotify.com/show/6kyxztvpVXk1EgeyzuzsQ3?si=bb678548eebc45eb (https://open.spotify.com/show/6kyxztvpVXk1EgeyzuzsQ3?si=bb678548eebc45eb)Please follow Tony’s newest Instagram account for the Waking Up to Narcissism podcast (https://www.instagram.com/wutnpod/)https://www.instagram.com/wutnpod/ (https://www.instagram.com/wutnpod/) as well as Tony’s account (https://www.instagram.com/tonyoverbay_lmft/)https://www.instagram.com/tonyoverbay_lmft/ (https://www.instagram.com/tonyoverbay_lmft/) To learn more about Tony's upcoming re-release of the Magnetic Marriage course, his Pathback Recovery course, and more, sign up for his newsletter through the link at https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch (https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch)Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorder Course is Open! Visit https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorders, Dr. Michael Twohig will teach you the industry-standard treatment used by anxiety-treatment experts around the world. Through 6 modules of clear instruction and clinical demonstrations, you will learn how to create opportunities for clients to practice psychological flexibility in the presence of anxiety.

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0:00.0	Come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.
0:07.0	Hey, everybody. Welcome to episode 396 of the virtual couch. I am your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist. And let's get to the interview at hand today. But I will encourage you to go sign up for my newsletter. Please do that. We've
0:21.6	got a multiple week streak now of newsletters going out thanks to the social media folks at the
0:28.5	Yeah Yeah Agency. And we're talking about the different podcasts that are out and upcoming courses
0:34.4	and there's quotes and thoughts. So please go sign up for that again. You can go
0:38.9	to tonyoverbay.com or you can follow a link in the link tree in the show notes and then sign up for
0:43.9	that and you'll find out more about upcoming magnetic marriage course, faith course, the new ADHD
0:49.5	podcast, waking up to narcissism. There's a lot of things coming up that I can't wait to talk more about.
0:55.3	But let's talk about today's podcast. It requires a little bit of a backstory. So if you happen to
1:00.4	follow me on Instagram or Facebook, then you might have seen me posting some stories with a dear
1:05.6	friend of my name, Julie Lee. And we have recently launched a new podcast called Love, ADHD. And think of that as the
1:12.8	salutation for a letter. So love, comma, ADHD. Pretend that your ADHD, if you're an adult,
1:19.5	and your ADHD is talking to you. And it may even say something like, sure, it seemed
1:24.9	frustrating walking into the garage to get, well, we never quite
1:27.8	figured that out, did we? But those shelves really do look amazing, and that was a fantastic
1:31.9	workout on the treadmill. And let's face it, those rafters really did enjoy being sanded,
1:36.2	because after all, they're made of wood, and you did see an old piece of sandpaper over there.
1:40.1	You had to go touch it and rub it around and find something that you could work with. But it is wood, after all.
1:46.1	Am I right?
1:46.8	But overall, I'm just happy to reside in your brain.
1:50.5	Love ADHD.
1:52.0	So that's a vibe.
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