Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, do you always use all or nothing or black and white thinking or do you never do that?

See what I did there? That and more coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch.

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you know Hey, everybody, welcome to episode 182 of the virtual couch.

I'm your host, Tony Overbay.

I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, certified mindful habit coach, writer, speaker, husband, father, four, and ultra marathon runner, and creator of the pathback and online pornography

addiction recovery program that is helping people reclaim their lives from the harmful effects

of pornography if you are anybody that you know is struggling to put pornography behind you once

and for all and it can be done in a strength based hold the shame be the person you've always

wanted to be away then head over to pathback recovery.com And there you'll find a short ebook that describes five common mistakes

that people make when trying to overcome pornography. Again, that's pathback recovery.com. And a part that I

skipped in that beginning, because I'm trying to do this live, if you head over to YouTube,

you can then see a video of today's podcast. Maybe if all goes well,

I skipped the part where also co-author of the bestselling book, he's a porn addict. Now What,

an expert and a former addict, answer your questions in which I play the role of the expert. And we've

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