Taming Your Inner Critic - Living More Fully - Meet James Guay, LMFT Psychotherapist
NotBasicBlonde Podcast
Olya Novozhylova
5 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, my guest, James Guay and I are discussing so many great topics.
Talking Points:
- What made you become a psychotherapist?
- What are your tips on overcoming an imposter syndrome?
- How our mistakes help us grow
- The person who triggers us is our teacher
- What kind of friends help us thrive? Types of people we need in life
- People can only give you love they can give themselves
- Would you please tell us more about tragic optimism
- How to set boundaries
- How to overcome fear of failure
- How to find new friends
- Signs for friendships that need to end
Guest
James Guay @jamesguaylmft as seen on Shahs Of Sunset, Oprah, Fox5 News, CBS News, etc. With over 20 years of experience, James has been providing both individual psychotherapy and couples counseling. Some of his specialities include: fear of failure (perfectionism), self-judgements, loneliness, high conflict couples, communication skills, anxiety, and depression.
Host
Olyasha Novozhylova - NotBasicBlonde @notbasicblonde_
NotBasicBlondePodcast - @nbbpodcast
Olyasha Novozhylova is the founder and creator of Not Basic Blonde, a fashion, and lifestyle blog dedicated to inspiring young women to create an extraordinary style.
The Russian model led an impressive 10-year career in fashion and runway in Atlanta and overseas, as well as enjoying several acting roles.
Now a leading influencer, Olyasha shares her beauty, wellness, and fashion tips with an audience of over half a million.
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| 0:00.0 | She's a fashion blogger, model, and entrepreneur. |
| 0:03.4 | She's amazing. |
| 0:04.7 | The latest tips on fashion beauty, wellness, travel, and her lifestyle. |
| 0:10.0 | And now, here's the founder and creator of Not Basic Blond, Olasha. |
| 0:19.6 | Hello everyone, welcome back to another episode of Not Basic Month podcast. I'm sure all of us can use a great life and career advice from very knowledgeable and very talented expert. |
| 0:31.3 | A scene on Shocks of Sunset, Fox 5 News, CBC News, Oprah, Yahoo News, |
| 0:37.7 | my guest, James Gay, Psychotherapist with over 20 years experience, will be giving us a great advice. |
| 0:45.0 | James has been helping clients to heal from perfectionism and live life from a greater sense |
| 0:51.0 | of self-compassion and enjoyment. |
| 0:53.7 | So in this episode, James and I will be discussing so many great topics. |
| 0:58.6 | We will be talking about how to overcome an imposter syndrome, how our mistakes help us grow, how the person who triggers us is our teacher, what kind of friends help us thrive? |
| 1:11.0 | Is it true that people can only give you love, they can give themselves, what is |
| 1:15.4 | tragic optimism, how to set boundaries, how to overcome fear of failure, how to find new friends, and so more but before we dive in don't forget to |
| 1:25.9 | subscribe written review not basic one podcast on Apple Podcasts. |
| 1:30.4 | Hi James I'm so glad to have you on my podcast. How are you? |
| 1:35.0 | I'm doing well. Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:38.0 | Yeah, thank you for being my guest. |
| 1:40.0 | Happy to be here. |
| 1:41.0 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 1:42.0 | And we are so excited to learn more about you. So let's dive in and would you please tell our listeners about yourself? |
| 1:49.2 | Sure, I'm a licensed psychotherapist actually a marriage and family therapist in California with a private practice in West Hollywood. I've been a therapist for over 20 years now and before that my identity was as a competitive gymnast. But yeah, I love what I do. It's inspiring. Sometimes I get questions from from people saying, oh my gosh, how can you do that job? |
| 2:16.0 | It would freak me out. |
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