The Greater Your Storm The Brighter Your Rainbow, An Interview with Social Media Influencer Allison Carlson

The Virtual Couch

Tony Overbay LMFT

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

5 • 643 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2020

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

Allison Carlson (IG: @allisonbailey1 (https://www.instagram.com/allisonbailey1/)) is more than a social media content creator, aka an “influencer,” she is also a wife, a future doula, a woman who has suffered through multiple difficult miscarriages, a survivor of betrayal, anxiety, depression and cutting, mother to a beautiful “rainbow baby” named Given, and yet someone who is also willing to be open and vulnerable in hopes of making a difference. In today’s episode, Allison shares how her challenges have truly shaped who she is today, and how she is continually finding that balance between living her life and sharing it. - Allison talks about what led her to influencing, and why influencing can carry such negative connotations. She also answers all of the questions that you’ve wanted to ask a successful influencer, like: do you feel like social media has an overall positive or negative effect on today’s society? How do you deal with “haters?” What advice would you give to someone who wants to become an influencer? How often are you approached by companies who want you to represent their products? Do you turn down opportunities to represent companies or products? Do you ever worry about “what’s next?” - Allison mentioned her sister-in-law, Justine, also a successful influencer, who can be found @jacimariesmith (https://www.instagram.com/jacimariesmith/) on Instagram. And you can watch this interview on YouTube here https://youtu.be/ZwxUGDibIis (https://youtu.be/ZwxUGDibIis) - This episode is sponsored by Blubrry Podcasting – Launch your Podcast the Blubrry Way. The Virtual Couch is hosted by Blubrry, and chances are you already have a podcast, or you want to start a podcast. What are you waiting for? Get 30 Days of Blubrry Podcasting FREE, that includes hosting and stats, and a WordPress website if you need one. Publishing is as simple as Create – Upload – Publish. Use the promo code BLU014 to get started today, or simply click on this link and you’ll be a podcasting in no time! https://create.blubrry.com/resources/podcast-media-hosting/?code=Blu014 - Tony will be presenting at the Outlier Podcast Festival in Salt Lake City on January 25th, 2020. You can find out more info here: Outlier Podcast Festival | Salt Lake City at The Pod Mill @ 30 South Main Street Salt Lake City UT January 24-25, 2020 http://outlierpodfest.com/ Get a 15% discount to attend the festival by using the discount code "Outlier". - Tony Overbay, is the co-author of "He's a Porn Addict...Now What? An Expert and a Former Addict Answer Your Questions" now available on Amazon https://amzn.to/33fk0U4. The book debuted in the number 1 spot in the Sexual Health Recovery category and remains there as the time of this record. The book has received numerous positive reviews from professionals in the mental health and recovery fields. - The book tackles tough questions with answers from both the expert and the addict's point of view. Tony, a licensed marriage and family therapist, and creator of The Path Back, an online pornography addiction recovery program that has helped hundreds of people overcome turning to pornography and other compulsive sexual behaviors as a coping mechanism, and Joshua Shea, former addict,

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody. Coming up on today's episode of the virtual couch, I interview Alison Carlson,
0:05.1	and she is more than a social media content creator, also known as an influencer, but she's also
0:09.7	a wife, a future doula, a woman who has suffered through multiple difficult miscarriages,
0:14.2	a survival of betrayal, anxiety, depression, and mother to a beautiful rainbow baby named
0:19.2	given. Yet she's also somebody who is willing to be
0:21.3	open and vulnerable in hopes of making a difference and helping people see that in the grand
0:25.3	scheme of things, we're all dealing with their own storms in life and that ultimately behind life
0:29.3	storms, there are rainbows. In today's episode, Allison, shares how challenges have truly shaped
0:34.8	who she is today and now she continually finds that balance
0:37.6	between living her life and sharing it. And I think this one's fascinating. She also talks
0:41.6	about what led her to influencing, why influencing can carry such negative connotations,
0:46.3	and she answers every question that I could think of that I've always wanted to ask a social
0:50.3	successful influencer. Like, do you feel social media has an overall positive or negative
0:54.6	effect on today's society how do you deal with haters what advice would you give to somebody who
0:58.3	wants to become an influencer how often are you approached by companies who want to represent
1:01.5	their products do you turn down opportunities and so much more that and more coming up on
1:07.6	today's episode of the virtual couch.
1:20.8	Hey, everybody, I'll make this one quick.
1:24.1	Now, as a therapist myself, of course, I recommend that everybody give therapy a try.
1:27.0	Truly, we're all hanging on to some things that would be helpful to process,
1:30.0	or there's things in our life that we might, maybe we thought we'd achieve by now,
1:34.3	or there's things that we desperately want to achieve so that we won't live a life full of regrets.
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