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The Virtual Couch

Monica Packer, Host of About Progress, On Battling Through Perfectionism and Procrastination

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

From her website, http://aboutprogress.com (http://aboutprogress.com), Monica Packer is a recovering perfectionist, a podcaster, and a Progress Coach. She also has a very successful online program that helps people create their first podcast called Podcast U (https://www.podcastu.co/a/18731/NSZ9J5wB) along with fellow Podcaster and former Virtual Couch guest Rachel Nielson (https://www.tonyoverbay.com/tag/rachel-nielson/) of 3 in 30 Takeaways for Moms (https://3in30podcast.com/). Monica "saves women from themselves, by helping them ditch perfectionism, step into their gifts, and move towards real progress." And while sometimes phrases like these can sound a tad bit ambiguous, just give Monica a few minutes, and you'll be hooked. Monica is one of the most real, authentic people that I've met, and in this interview, she lays all of her baggage out on the table for everybody to see. I guarantee you'll find some challenges that you've most likely struggled with yourself on that table and Monica will help you understand what to do to start to deal with that baggage and move forward in a healthy, empowering way. - Monica discusses her struggles with perfectionism, anxiety, depression, an eating disorder, and her constant battle with impostor syndrome as she strives to help people take a look in the mirror and not only own their own lives but understand that it's OK to find yourself far from perfect. You can find Tony's encore episode on Monica's About Progress podcast here https://aboutprogress.com/how-to-stop-hating-yourself/ (https://aboutprogress.com/how-to-stop-hating-yourself/) - Tony's FREE parenting course, “Tips For Parenting Positively Even In the Not So Positive Times” is available NOW. Just go to http://tonyoverbay.com/courses/ (http://tonyoverbay.com/courses/ )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. And Tony is so confident that this program will work, that he's offering a money-back guarantee! - This episode of The Virtual Couch is sponsored by 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. 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'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 (https://amzn.to/38mauBo) - Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...

Transcript

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0:00.0

Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, I talk with friend and fellow podcaster Monica

0:05.4

Packer, host of the About Progress podcast on her battle with perfectionism.

0:10.3

Something that I believe so many of a struggle with, whether consciously or subconsciously,

0:14.7

perfectionism can often be the underlying cause to anxiety, depression, and an overall

0:19.0

lack of satisfaction in your relationships, whether it's

0:21.6

with your spouse, your kids, and so much more. So join Monica and I today as she not only shares

0:27.3

her story, but also share some tools that will help you even before you finish this episode.

0:32.2

That and so much more coming up on this episode of The Virtual Couch.

0:45.4

Music much more coming up on this episode of the virtual couch. Hey, everybody, this is a very quick advertisement, and I know I'm a podcast listener.

0:50.0

You can hit the little fast forward button probably on your podcast player, 15 seconds, 30 seconds.

0:55.5

But bear with me. I'll try to make this quick. As a therapist myself, I obviously recommend that

0:59.8

everybody give therapy a try because when people ask me, do I need therapy? I don't even have to

1:04.8

talk to you. The answer is, yes, I need therapy. Everyone could use a sounding board. Everybody could

1:10.2

use an objective third party.

1:12.9

Everybody could kind of dig deep a little bit and find out what are things that they've been

1:16.6

holding back on. What are the things that they feel like they should be able to get over or shouldn't

1:21.7

be worrying about? Shouldn't, shouldn't. Nobody wants to be should on. But we're all hanging on

1:26.2

to things that would be helpful to

1:27.7

process and there's even things that we thought we'd achieve by now or things that we really want to

1:32.8

achieve so that we won't have these regrets in life and so if there are people listening right now

1:38.0

that might be noticing that their anxiety or their depression might even getting a tiny bit worse

1:42.2

especially with what's going on in the world right now.

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