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The Virtual Couch

The Fun Habit - An Examination of Modern Approaches to Happiness w/Michael Rucker Ph.D.

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5643 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tony interviews Michael Rucker, Ph.D. In 2016, Michael experienced a series of serious setbacks that caused him to challenge the tools he had built over the previous two decades as a student of positive psychology. Ultimately finding himself “unhappy, a bit lonely, and burnt out,” Michael critically evaluated modern approaches to happiness. He quickly realized how much misinformation was being spread, and that caused Michael to spend the next few years researching the evidence-based practices that ultimately led him to discover the real way to “invite more fun and joy” into his life. Michael's book, “The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life,” https://amzn.to/3jAtln8 (https://amzn.to/3jAtln8) is the result of his journey. You can learn more about Michael at his website https://michaelrucker.com/If you are interested in being coached in Tony's upcoming "Magnetic Marriage Podcast," please email him for more information. You will receive free marriage coaching and remain anonymous when the episode airs.  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.  You can learn more about Tony's pornography recovery program, The Path Back, by visiting http://pathbackrecovery.com (http://pathbackrecovery.com) And visit http://tonyoverbay.com (http://tonyoverbay.com) and sign up to receive updates on upcoming programs and podcasts. 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 (https://descript.com/?lmref=bSWcEQ)

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey, oh, oh, come on and take a seat on the virtual couch.

0:22.3

Hey, everybody.

0:25.1

Welcome to episode 353 of the virtual couch.

0:26.5

I am your host, Tony Overbay.

0:33.4

I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist, host of the Waking Up to Narcissism podcast, as well as this one, the virtual couch.

0:34.8

And go check that one out.

0:35.9

Waking up to Narcissism. There is a special premium subscription podcast

0:39.4

coming, waking up to Narcissism question and answer that is going to be hosted over on Apple's

0:44.3

premium podcast that is going to dive into the now almost 100 pages of single spaced questions

0:51.3

that I've been asked about narcissism, emotional immaturity,

0:55.0

and relationships, and parenting, you name it. And that is going to be coming out very, very soon.

1:00.2

And just for all things, go to tonyoverbay.com and subscribe to my newsletter. And I will just

1:06.8

keep you informed on all the things that are hitting in the beginning of 2023 because there are some really exciting projects.

1:13.4

There is a, I mentioned this one, I think, last week, but there is a true crime meets

1:18.2

psychology podcast that I'm doing with one of my daughters, and we've got six or seven

1:23.7

episodes recorded already.

1:25.0

I'm recording this with just a couple of days left in 2022. But if you hear this and you are interested in a discount on the Pathback, my online

1:33.3

pornography recovery program, just send me an email through the website or just send it directly

1:37.8

to contact at tonyoverbay.com. And I'll give you a discount. And I would love to have you be a part

1:43.1

of that program because

1:44.4

it's changing lives and helping people move away from unhealthy coping mechanisms and becoming,

1:49.7

I know it sounds cliched, becoming the best version of you. So check that out. The Magnetic Marriage

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