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Leading Saints Podcast

Part 2 – Therapy, Narcissistic Leaders, and Healthy Ego | An Interview with Tony Overbay

Leading Saints Podcast

Leading Saints

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Tony Overbay is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Certified Mindful Habit Coach, and a popular motivational speaker. Tony regularly speaks at corporate training events, schools, and churches in formal and casual settings mixing humor, clinical experience, his Christian faith, and a wealth of personal stories gleaned from years of helping others achieve their goals. This is part 2 of a 2-part podcast discussion. Listen to Part 1 here. Highlights 03:20 Tony shares experiences people have had with a very harsh stake president 12:25 Leaders or sometimes therapists hand people a list of things to do in order to overcome addictions or whatever it may be. But what happens when checking off those boxes doesn’t help? 13:50 Typically people go into the bishop’s office with the energy of shame. The bishop needs to diffuse that energy. People should also consider other people they can talk to besides the Bishop. 18:00 A good question to ask an individual is, “Who do you feel comfortable talking to?” 19:30 Tony breaks down shame and where it comes from 24:50 We feel shame when we are unable to overcome certain behaviors or addictions. However, we are approaching it in the wrong way. We need to dive deeper into why we are doing what we are doing. 25:40 Tony shares his own personal experience on being human and making mistakes. We need to give ourselves a break because we are all just human having human experiences. 29:20 Leadership and narcissism. Too often people are throwing out the word narcissist when dealing with a difficult person. 30:45 What is narcissism? Where does it come from? 38:20 There is a healthy level of narcissism in all of us 40:20 We most often see narcissism in a negative light. There is also normal healthy narcissism. That could also be called a normal healthy ego or your sense of self. 44:10 Pathological defensive narcissism 53:30 Jesus had a healthy ego. He had a full understanding of His identity. 55:45 Tony explains confabulation 1:02:00 Dealing with narcissistic leaders 1:04:15 Internal validation versus external validation 1:12:30 There isn’t much we can do about a narcissistic leader. What we can do is set our own boundaries. Links Part 1 of this podcast Unhealthy Ways We Seek Validation As Leaders | An Interview with Tony Overbay The Bishop’s Strongest Tools to Help Addicts | An Interview with Tony Overbay Tony's podcasts The Path Back: Overcoming Pornography The Magnetic Marriage Course Tony's PDF of James Fowler's Stages of Faith Development Why Am I the Last Person to Know What to Do with My Life? Am I the Narcissist? Exploring Narcissistic Traits and Tendencies Read the TRANSCRIPT of this podcast Listen on YouTube Watch Tony's Leading Saints Live with 14-day access to the Core Leader Library The Leading Saints Podcast has ranked in the top 20 Christianity podcasts in iTunes, gets over 500,000 listens each month, and has over 10 million total downloads as part of nonprofit Leading Saints' mission to help latter-day saints be better prepared to lead. Learn more and listen to any of the past episodes for free at LeadingSaints.org. Past guests include Emily Belle Freeman, David Butler, Hank Smith, John Bytheway, Liz Wiseman, Stephen M. R. Covey, Julie Beck, Brad Wilcox, Jody Moore, John H. Groberg, Elaine Dalton, Tad R. Callister, J. Devn Cornish, Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Anthony Sweat, John Hilton III, Barbara Morgan Gardner, Blair Hodges, Whitney Johnson, Ryan Gottfredson, Greg McKeown, DeAnna Murphy, Michael Goodman, Richard Ostler, Ganel-Lyn Condie, and many more in over 500 episodes. Discover podcasts, articles, virtual conferences, and live events related to callings such as the bishopric, Relief Society, elders quorum, Primary, youth leadership, stake leadership, ward mission, ward council, young adults, ministering, and teaching.

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0:00.0

Welcome to Part 2 of the day it depends. We don't know which is harder to walk into the therapist's office or the Bishop's office.

0:21.5

But if we want to be the bishop or the leader or the friend whose

0:25.4

office or home or relationship is easiest to walk into, we have to assume best intentions and

0:31.6

that includes, we got to assume best intentions and that includes we got overcome the reaction of being surprised

0:36.3

yeah disgusted angry or do you have any idea what you've done or disappointed because everything and this is why these are impossible

0:45.0

callings right yeah everything you do they will project on God because you

0:48.9

represent Jesus Christ right yes and you know the we throw that phrase around, what does that actually mean?

0:55.4

It could be debated, right?

0:56.6

But for somebody to even sit outside that office, walk in there, and then be met with what they

1:02.4

expect is you're going to be really

1:04.2

angry frustrated I'm angry at myself right and then we project our feelings on

1:08.9

them right and so assuming best intentions a lot of it is just, I'm just going to listen.

1:14.0

Yeah, right?

1:15.0

And be in that place of suffering that they're in.

1:18.0

Even, and I've heard this where some leaders or bishops are resistant to say I'm so sorry because you did this to yourself.

1:26.2

Well that goes back to that because then if I do that I'm condoning their behavior.

1:29.0

Then they're going to just do it all the time. They're going to go willy-nilly and yeah.

1:32.1

And that, no, thank you for saying that.

1:34.0

And I think about, I can think of one person in particular that this guy, I mean talk about financial security check,

1:38.8

career job he wants, check, the kids, the family, everything, but he was struggling with again and I even I don't know if you notice I say turning to pornography is an unhealthy coping mechanism because if you look at pornography addiction it isn't even a that's not in the diagnosis of therapy.

1:52.0

Yeah, that's not in the diagnosis yeah that's not therapy thing right so people turn to unhealthy coping

1:56.1

mechanisms that one gives you a dopamine rush and so your brain's gonna keep

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