Navigating Life's Curveballs: Mackie Overbay on Hashimoto's, Health Challenges, and Embracing Uncertainty

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

4.9 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

McKinley “Mackie” Overbay, host of “The Mind, the Mirror, and Me,” and Tony Overbay, LMFT, return after a significant hiatus to discuss numerous life updates, including their recent move to Arizona and Mackie's health journey with Hashimoto's disease. They delve into the struggles and triumphs of losing 55 pounds, the importance of self-love, and the necessity of balancing mind and body health. The conversation touches on the challenges of diet, exercise, meditation, and maintaining consistency. It's a candid look at personal transformation, resilience, and the importance of understanding and caring for oneself amidst life's unpredictable challenges. 00:00 Introduction and Opening Banter 00:25 Welcome Back and New Beginnings 01:18 Social Media and Personal Updates 03:21 Discussing Past Episodes and Themes 05:25 Weight Loss Journey and Health Challenges 07:25 Understanding Hashimoto's Disease 11:21 Reflections on Self-Worth and Body Image 14:20 Diet Changes and Lifestyle Adjustments 24:18 Thyroid Health and Medical Insights 27:56 Understanding Perimenopause and Hormonal Changes 28:16 Unexpected Balloon Incident 28:54 Recognizing and Addressing Health Issues 30:39 The Journey to Diagnosis 32:13 Lifestyle Changes and Their Impact 34:21 The Importance of Consistency and Motivation 35:51 Managing Inflammation and Dietary Adjustments 37:21 Exercise and Weight Loss Strategies 39:37 The Role of Meditation and Mindfulness 48:14 Embracing Self-Worth and Positivity 53:02 Concluding Thoughts and Reflections 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 Available NOW: Tony's "Magnetic Marriage Mini-Course" is only $25. https://magneticmarriage.mykajabi.com/magnetic-marriage-mini-course Please follow Tony’s newest Instagram account for the Waking Up to Narcissism podcast https://www.instagram.com/wutnpod/ as well as Tony’s account https://www.instagram.com/tonyoverbay_lmft/ Subscribe to Tony's latest podcast, "Waking Up to Narcissism Q&A - Premium Podcast," on the Apple Podcast App. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-to-narcissism-q-a/id1667287384 Go to http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop to sign up for Tony's "Magnetize Your Marriage" virtual workshop. The cost is only $19, and you'll learn the top 3 things you can do NOW to create a Magnetic Marriage. You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program, The Path Back, by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com And visit 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=bSWcEQ

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, welcome to episode 428 of the Virtual Couch and episode 20 of The Mind,
0:08.6	The Mirror, and me.
0:09.4	I am your host, Tony Overbay.
0:11.0	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist and certified mindful habit coach, writer,
0:15.6	speaker, husband, father, or four.
0:17.0	And please go to Tonyoverbay.com, sign up for the newsletter, or visit me on social media
0:21.9	at virtual.couch on Instagram, at virtual couch on TikTok, Tony Overbay licensed marriage and
0:27.3	family therapists on Facebook, and so on and so forth. Now, why the crossover episode
0:32.8	today? Well, soon you'll be listening to an interview with my daughter, McKinley and myself.
0:37.9	And I really want to encourage you to stick around for this one.
0:40.4	McKinley or Mackie as she goes by has had a pretty incredible 2024, but not in the way
0:46.8	you might think like, oh my gosh, every second of it's been just amazing and wonderful.
0:51.7	She'll go into a lot of detail during the interview.
0:53.9	But here,
0:54.5	here's a little quick backstory. So in February, on a Sunday afternoon, I think it was, while my
1:00.5	wife and I were in the process of putting her house up for sale for the first time in over 20 years,
1:04.5	Mackie called and she was not doing well. And she had recently learned about a pretty serious
1:09.7	diagnosis, an autoimmune disorder that we'll talk about in the interview. And she had recently learned about a pretty serious diagnosis, an autoimmune disorder
1:12.6	that we'll talk about in the interview. And at that time, she was struggling. She was living
1:17.3	alone in Utah. She had decided to move back home. And then she was going to relocate to Arizona
1:22.8	with us and try and just get a handle on all of the different things happening in her life.
1:28.1	She had gone out and tried to go out on her own as a cosmetologist.
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