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The Virtual Couch

Liar, Liar Pants on Fire! Telling the Truth About Compulsive, Pathological and White Lies

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Liar, Liar Pants On Fire! Do you lie? Come on, we all do right? Or do we? What’s the difference between a pathological liar, a compulsive liar, and somebody who just tells a little white lie because they don’t want to hurt anyone's feelings? -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 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 (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-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).

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, liar, liar, pants on fire.

0:04.6

First of all, where does that come from?

0:05.8

We're going to talk about that today.

0:07.3

Do you lie?

0:08.4

Come on, we all do, right?

0:09.8

Or do we?

0:10.8

Or how much do we lie?

0:11.9

What's the difference between a pathological liar, a compulsive liar,

0:15.9

and somebody who just tells a little lie because they don't want to hurt anybody's feelings?

0:20.4

That and so much more about lying, and that part I'm telling you the truth about,

0:25.7

coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch.

0:48.3

Oh, oh. Hey, come on in and take a seat on the virtual couch.

0:50.7

Hey, everybody.

0:53.5

Welcome to episode 234 of the virtual couch.

1:11.3

I am your host, Tony Overbay. I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified, mindful habit coach, writer, everybody. Welcome to episode 234 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, four, ultra marathon runner, and creator of the path, and creator of the path, that is helping people reclaim their lives from the harmful effects of pornography. If you or anybody that you know is trying to put pornography behind them once and for all,

1:15.7

and trust me, it can be done in a strength-based, hold the shame, become the person you always want it to be kind of way, then head over to pathbackrecovery.com, and there you will find a

1:20.0

short e-book that describes five myths that people fall prey to when trying to overcome or put

1:26.4

pornography in their rearview mirror in the blinders

1:28.9

once and for all. Again, that's pathback recovery.com. And I am doing a weekly Q&A call that is

1:36.0

associated with the Pathback. And so if you are interested in that, you are also welcome to

1:40.3

shoot me an email at contact at pathback recovery.com and find out a little bit more.

1:46.6

You can come check out the Q&A calls. The forum is up and running. There are Q&A calls that

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