Teaching Our Kids (and our inner-child) Emotional Intelligence

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Childhood abandonment and neglect issues can manifest in seemingly unrelated ways in adulthood. In this episode, Tony helps you identify how they show up and how you can help your kids become more emotionally intelligent and resilient. Tony's muse today is an article by Jonice Webb, a licensed psychologist and author of two books, Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect https://amzn.to/3GewB03 (https://amzn.to/3GewB03) and Running On Empty No More: Transform Your Relationships with Your Partner, Your Parents, and Your Children https://amzn.to/3m9fw0B (https://amzn.to/3m9fw0B) He discusses the impact of emotional abandonment and neglect on your children and yourself. Why Emotional Neglect Can Feel Like Abandonment by Jonice Webb Ph.D. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/childhood-emotional-neglect/202303/why-emotional-neglect-can-feel-like-abandonment (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/childhood-emotional-neglect/202303/why-emotional-neglect-can-feel-like-abandonment)Tony also references the article "Attachment Woes Between Anxious and Avoidant Partners" by Darlene Lancer, JD, LMFT from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/202008/attachment-woes-between-anxious-and-avoidant-partners (https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/toxic-relationships/202008/attachment-woes-between-anxious-and-avoidant-partners)Find all the latest links to podcasts, courses, Tony's newsletter, and more at https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch (https://linktr.ee/virtualcouch)Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorder Course is Open! Visit https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch (https://praxiscet.com/virtualcouch) Inside ACT for Anxiety Disorders; Dr. Michael Twohig will teach you the industry-standard treatment used by anxiety-treatment experts around the world. Through 6 modules of clear instruction and clinical demonstrations, you will learn how to create opportunities for clients to practice psychological flexibility in the presence of anxiety. After completing the course material, you'll have a new, highly effective anxiety treatment tool that can be used with every anxiety-related disorder, from OCD to panic disorder to generalized anxiety disorder.And follow Tony on the Virtual Couch YouTube channel to see a sneak preview of his upcoming podcast "Murder on the Couch," where True Crime meets therapy, co-hosted with his daughter Sydney. You can watch a pre-release clip here https://youtu.be/-RkRq8SrQy0 (https://youtu.be/-RkRq8SrQy0)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 (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/waking-up-to-narcissism-q-a/id1667287384)Go to http://tonyoverbay.com/workshop (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.

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0:00.0	Hey, oh, oh, come on and take a seat on the virtual couch.
0:21.9	Hey, everybody.
0:22.5	Welcome to episode 370 of the virtual couch.
0:26.4	I'm your host, Tony Overbay.
0:27.9	I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist.
0:30.2	And just go to the show notes.
0:32.1	Sign up for my newsletter, plain and simple.
0:34.1	My wonderful social media agency, the yeah, yeah, agency continues to
0:40.5	knock it out of the park with posts and reels. And this past week, we got out a newsletter that
0:45.6	features a little bit of everything. So please go follow me on Instagram and Facebook and LinkedIn
0:49.5	and TikTok. We're getting content out there in hopes of helping people. And I welcome your
0:53.7	feedback and your feedback and your
0:54.4	questions and your show ideas. And if you're interested in having me come speak or you name it,
0:59.0	just reach out at contact at tonyoverbay.com. So let's go on a little bit of a train of thought
1:05.4	that leads to today's topic, which I am very excited to talk about because it has to do with
1:09.7	everything from being
1:11.3	a parent to parenting, to how to teach your kids' empathy and emotional resilience, to even
1:17.2	maybe doing a little bit of healing that inner child. So from time to time, I'll be interviewed
1:22.3	by somebody as part of a psychological evaluation or a profile for a client or clients that I've been working with
1:29.3	for things like, I don't know, everything from child custody arrangements, that sort of thing.
1:33.0	And I don't actually do the psych evaluations.
1:35.5	That's reserved for the likes of a clinical psychologist.
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